Last month we had just about 2 feet of snow in Bethesda. I had a wonderful time walking around the neighborhood taking photos of the snow on the plants and bushes. Most of my neighbors thought I was pretty crazy – to be spending time walking around taking pictures when I could have been inside staying warm. It was so beautiful and peaceful seeing the snow – even if was a little cold.

I posted some photos of berries in the snow a couple of weeks ago. Here are a few of my other photos from that weekend.

Even in December there are usually a few flowers still blooming – so photographing them covered in snow was at treat.

First – one of the camellias down the street

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

A few wild asters near the pond

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

And the remains of a few purple coneflowers in my garden.

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

The trees were just as wonderful as the flowers were. Here’s some snow coming down past a few yellow leaves on a tree.

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

Creating patterns as it piled up on the bark of a tree

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

And finally on some of the evergreen trees in the neighborhood

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

As wonderful as the photo opportunities were for Snowpocalypse 2009 – I’m kind of hoping it’s the only big storm we get this winter. It wasn’t much fun shoveling the driveway – and I still haven’t gotten my van out of the driveway since the storm!