Photo Gallery: Silhouettes in Snow

Last updated on December 2nd, 2011

The season’s first snow fell steadily yesterday evening, as if on cue for today’s blog and my birthday. How I love to wake up to a white, frosty morning! Above is the view from the Woodland Garden, facing south toward the pool (click to enlarge). And here are other snow-cloaked forms and traceries at A Garden for the House, captured today, at sunrise:

A giant sugar maple proudly displays its burden of white

View of a fountain from the back door (click to enlarge).

One of 8 boxwood borders in the Rose Garden (click to enlarge). Never leave snow on boxwood; fragile branches bend and break under the weight. Before the snow turns to ice, knock it off with a broom.

Trees of weeping form, like this Malus ‘Red Radiance,’ always provide winter interest. (Click to enlarge.)

Draped in snow and silhouetted against a blue sky, the branches of a sugar maple make a lovely winter picture. (Click to enlarge)

A study in light and shade are the young Red Buds and Crabapples on the North Hill. (Click to enlarge.)

In winter, the moon dares the rising sun to chase it away. Click the photo for a better view.

Ancient maples and oaks form a pleasing backdrop for the house and its wings. (Click to enlarge.)

Statues, of course, are a delight in both winter and summer. Here, my Venus de Milo, warmly clothed in a tunic, surveys the snow from her frosty grove of sumac and arborvitae. (Click to enlarge.)

There is nothing like virgin snow to showcase how desperately your house needs a paint-job. That’s the Music Room (an 1870 addition) on the right. (Click to enlarge.)

Here on the east lawn, three ancient sisters — pine, locust, and beech — model their winter-wear. (Click to enlarge.)

Do you enjoy your garden in winter, too?

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