Fat Snowflakes
Rather difficult to show, but today, fluffy snowflakes fell all morning, some were quite large, almost 1/4″ in diameter. Later, when the clouds parted, they were extra sparkly in the sunshine. I’m sure the photos don’t do them justice, but I had to share them.
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Enchanting!
Thank you, Laurie!
Love your pictures…
Thank you!
Beautiful! We’re expecting ‘wintry mix’ tonight and tomorrow morning! I’d rather have fluffy flakes!!!
Thank you, Lisa. The line of snow/rain is due to fall right where we are, so I’m not sure what we’ll get – probably both, making cleanup a heck of a chore. I’d prefer fluffy flakes, too!
Let’s hope you get snow. Even the wet stuff is better than ice!
Agreed!
A magical apparition. Good show Eliza!
Thank you, Dor!
These are beautiful, thank you!
Thank you, Valorie!
Enjoy the magical snow and thanks for sharing.
Thank you for stopping by!
There are times I feel I could be described as a fat flake, I like yours better! The first photo looks like underwater. Lovely.
Hehe! That’s funny, I’m sure you’re not!
Thanks for the comparison – I’m wondering how it looks to others that aren’t used to snow. 😉
thats amazing
Thank you!
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The snowflakes look so large and shining in your first photo. Gorgeous 🙂
Thank you, Rebecca. It is unusual for them to be so large, the conditions have to be just right.
Beautiful! Happy for you…and I have to say a little jealous. 🙂
Thank you, Mary. More on its way tomorrow. Still not much snow for you down there?
I like crystal effect created by the sun and snow. Lovely.
Thank you, Belinda. As you probably understand, it is not easy to capture something like these. The eye and the camera don’t see the same way at all!
Love how you caught the texture of the snow.
Thank you!
Snow is in the offing here, in a couple of days … unfortunately I think it’ll be the sloppy wet stuff, but there may be a few fluffy flakes.
When I lived in Australia I never understood the concepts of ‘wet’ and ‘dry’ snow. Having lived here in Canada for nearly 14 years now, I know better! 😀
They say the Inuit have 50 words to describe snow. I wonder if they have one for ‘dirty snowbank’ snow? 😉
ROFL … probably! 😀
Wow, so beautiful!! ❄️😀
Thank you, Patty!
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Thank you for sharing!
Fat-tastic! Eliza ❄️❄️❄️
🙂 Thanks, Karen!
You are so lucky. It has been 80+ degrees F, for days now at The Holler. The plants are giving up. Most orchards died long ago, except for ours and others who pay too much to irrigate. The coyotes are thriving. The cattle are crying. The birds are clustering at The Holler for the water and seed. It actually is sort of terrifying watching this happen in a region I have lived all my life.
I think of my SoCal blogging buddies daily as this weather trend continues and the winter season for rain wanes. It would make me nervous, to say the least. There is a lot of pressure with millions of folks living in desert conditions. Hopefully, the mountains will receive enough water to keep the aqueducts flowing this summer.
We’ve been getting a bit of snow too, but ours has been thin and sparse! Would love to have fat flakes … at the weekend of course. Your photos make them look super fluffy and sparkly.
It is my favorite type of snow – like confetti. We’re getting a storm today that is coming down fast and thickly. It may turn to freezing rain, which is never a good thing!
Take care!
Thank you, Alison. It did turn to freezing rain and now our little world is a skating rink. 😦
beautiful! We’ll see what we get in the next day or so … storm’s a coming!
Thank you! Yes, a different type of snow today. About 4 hours in and we have about 3″ Fingers crossed we don’t get freezing rain – not a good thing!
Gorgeous! Love the 1st photo – it almost looks foamy.
Thank you!
We had flakes like that yesterday but I didn’t get pictures. They are beautiful!
Thank you, Joanna. Today’s snow isn’t as light, I’m hoping the freezing rain will pass to our south, otherwise-yuck!
It looks like shaved ice. Nice shots, Eliza!
Thank you very much!
It’s great you can still enjoy some aspects of the snow, even though you have so much of it!
Yes, one may as well make lemonade when life gives you lemons. 😉
I had to put on my sunglasses! Always my favorite kind of snow – the large, fat flakes of lake effect. Beautiful Eliza!
Hehe, thanks, Kathy. Yes, I much prefer light, fluffy snow. Today’s storm, unfortunately, is the heavier kind. 😦
Bummer … difficult to shovel.
We managed to clear off most of it prior to the rain, but the remainder turned into an ice rink. The days are now above freezing, so bit by bit, the rest melts. Maple sap is flowing!
Exquisite in it’s feathery softness – and i’m wondering how it would feel! Love the glittery effect catching light beams.
Thank you, Liz. This type of snow is very light – nearly weightless. The best kind for shoveling! 😉
Oh these photos are magical!
Thank you, Christy!
Lovely – the sunshine on the snow brings it to life. We have a few small flakes falling right now, and finally some hard frosts which I was grateful for as I could get on the frozen garden and clear away some winter debris!
Thank you, Cathy. We’re having a ‘real’ winter this year, cold and snowy, with lots more predicted in the month ahead. Sigh. I won’t see the ground again for a while, I guess.
So sparkely:-)
I think the glittery, sparkly aspect of snow is one of my favorite things about winter. 🙂
Ah the sparkly kind is my favorite! Lovely Eliza ❤
Thank you, Julie!
Crystal beauty
Yes! 🙂
Snowflakes, one of the things that look especially good when they’re fat!
Yes! 🙂
Amazing photos and I hope we get these gorgeous snowflakes in our upcoming snowstorm!🙂❄️
May it be so!
Beautiful! I love the idea of “fat flakes”
Thank you!
Hmmm. All we got was a mess of snow then sleet and then I’m sure freezing rain overnight…
Yes, yesterday’s storm was a different story. We still have a coating of ice on the trees.
Love the glitter and sparkles that come out in your first image! Beautiful nature and well captured by you!
Thank you, Indah!
Gorgeous photos. But rather you than me.
Haha, thanks, Chloris!
Great pics. If we had to have snow, this is what I want…..short and sweet and gone in a few days.
Thank you, Sally. It may be short and sweet, but definitely not gone until April!
Beautiful photos of beautiful flakes. 🙂
Thank you!
I can kind of see it in the bottom of that leaf. Cool.
It is hard to reference the scale. Normally, our snowflakes are tiny, one quarter the size of these. There is a saying that goes something like, ‘Big flakes, little snow. Small flakes, big snow.” (Refers to accumulation amounts.) Information that you most likely will have absolutely no use for! 😉
Well, you’re right, I don’t know how to use that. So tried to think of some California relevant weather-related aphorism.
I got nothin’
😀
Good heavens, I can only imagine snow that thick! I’m lucky to have so many blogging friends in the Northern Hemisphere who share their photos of snow as I don’t have the opportunity to see it here. 🙂
Glad to share. Likewise, in winter, I look to my southern hemisphere buddies for a bit of summer.
They are very beautiful Eliza! I actually got to see a little bit of snow yesterday. We made a day trip further north to Siskiyou County (CA.) My daughter enjoyed playing in the snow a lot! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and have a blessed week to come.
Thank you!
Beautifully dreamy pictures Eliza.
Thank you, Andrea. 🙂
Very pretty.
Thank you, Wendy.
a small favor to ask Eliza — I clicked LIKE on this post, and others. But when I came back my like seems to have disappeared. Can you see it?
The same is true for other blogs I visit. I recently installed a new VPN service, and am wondering….
Although your comment is here, I do not see your gravatar in the Likes.
So very gorgeous!
Thank you, Fi!
I’m ready for spring but I have to admit the fluffy snow was fun!
It is pretty to watch coming down and once the sun comes out, it is so glittery!
yes!
We’ve had snow on and off all day today … and yes, the snowflakes were quite big. Love your images.
Thank you, Debbie, much appreciated!
Beautiful. Especially like the way you framed that first image.
Thank you, Susie. We won’t be seeing spring for at least a month, so I celebrate what I have. 🙂
Giant snowflakes are some of the prettiest things in the world – we haven’t had a good, big snowflake snow shower in a while (or maybe we did while we were away, in which case I am OK with having missed them).
It is a rare occurrence, but very special when it happens. Glad you had a nice getaway, Sarah. Bet the pets are happy you’ve returned!
They were very happy – Schooner more so than Choppy (but that’s probably because Choppy loves her kennel immensely. Thankfully, too, because I couldn’t leave her somewhere she didn’t like).
I love sparkly snow! We get very little here in Oregon, so I’m a bit jealous of your fat flakes. Love the photos!
Thank you, glad to share. Thanks for stopping by!
My pleasure. 🙂