Bob came in from the cold asking, “How do you tell the difference between snow and sleet?”
A cursory glance through the window had me claiming that it was sleet. I went outside and it sounded like sleet. Hitting the ground you could hear the little rasp as it landed on leaf and dried blade.
Suddenly, I realized that what was on the porch and leaves did not have that characteristic pillow shape of sleet. It was perfect little snowflakes! I only wish the cold didn’t make me shake.
A double-click will bring these into sharper view!
Stay in, stay warm, and if you must go out dress warm and drive carefully!
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Have a great weekend!
Life on the Farmlet 
How wonderful to have individual snowflakes to photograph.
It is, Tom, it is!
PS: Had a yard-full of American Robins this AM and I will be posting them tomorrow!
I look forward to that.
I am a little behind schedule? Posting in a few minutes!
Yeah, we’ve had some snow here in Georgia today too. My husband just got here and apparently there was 12″ of the stuff in Richmond! Yuck. Thankfully my daughter went to and came home from the hospital in-between the ice storms.
Nancy
She was in the hospital??? YIKES! Coming right over for an overdue visit!
No, no, remember – she had the baby a week ago. She was at the hospital for the baby in-between the ice storms. The timing was perfect.
Yes! I went right over and checked out the new baby picture! Lovely! 😀
That is so neat! I wish we had some of those here instead of 8 inches of snow.
Anita, I am not certain that I could live where it snows 8 inches or more and stays. We had about 8 to 12 inches in 2010, and it stuck around for a week. I thought I was going to go berzerkers before it melted! It was a treat to see these lovely flakes and they did pile up to an inch deep. However, then it rained and made my whole yard a mudpie. Yack.
Aren’t they great?!? They’re such perfect little images of a typical snowflake – especially the ones that happened to come to rest in the shadow of the leaves – they almost look fake, don’t they?! (And they’re three-dimensional too, almost like chunky little “Tonka Toy” flakes: )
Did you know that although they all have six points, no two snowflakes are identical?
Great catch Lynda!!
Deb, I have seen them all clumped together most of the time, but on this day they were individuals. And, no, I hadn’t ever seen them this chunky before. FUN!
Snowflakes you can hear when they land… Now THAT’S Presence!; )
Did you see the photo I sent you?
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Didn’t think so… Email was sent Friday at 8:12pm.
Went into your spam file, maybe?
I looked; not there. Sorry.
Is your address still the same?
Yes. I think the fault is mine… I haven’t been diligent with my email and when I got there it was full to almost 400 emails. I quickly scanned and tossed all but about 10. I’m sorry. 😦
No problem! It should land back in your inbox any second now; )
Quite dainty~!
Okay, so I don’t know what the problem is lately with the Environment Canada forecasts, but if they predict 2-4cm (roughly 1-2″) we wind up getting ‘WAY more than that… Like yesterday, that’s what they said – 2-4cm – and we wound up with at least 6 INCHES of snow (that would be 15cm) Yukon temperatures and a howling gale to push it around… We haven’t had a single day of above freezing temperatures in the whole month of February. Honestly, I’m more than ready for this winter to move along!!
You and everyone else up there, Deb! We even got snow down here yesterday. Crazy, but it is a novelty for us and the kids are loving it!
Pretty!
Aren’t they, Juli? Do you get snow anywhere in Australia?
Those are so beautiful! I was thinking today that it’s been a very long time since I’ve seen snowflakes… brrrr, i am glad i’m here in ecuador and not there!
Lisa, this winter has been particularly challenging for cold and freezing weather. However, having a few perfectly formed snowflakes sure made it worthwhile for me on that day!
i loved your story today about the goose snatching the bag, only the post didn’t load so i’m hving to wait to see the images and the rest of the post! will be back when using faster internet.
stay warm and well!
I will, Lisa! I’m sorry the photos won’t load for you. 😦
That looks like our recent “snow storm,” except we didn’t get so much. 🙂
We did have sleet tapping on the windows for five minutes, though. That was pretty exciting. It’s warm now, well into the seventies, but I hear the freezing rain and sleet is on its way for Monday night. We shouldn’t have any here, but I think north of Houston might. Well, it is still February!
Linda, I had never seen sleet until we moved here. Strange stuff! Meanwhile, it is with aching heart that we await spring’s arrival here. Simply too cold.
It’s great to actually see the snowflake patterns. So often they melt too fast.
I, know Patti! Often they are all clumped together as well, which also obliterates there delicate design. It was such a wonderful treat!