Snow Flakes

Most likely this is the last winter in Calgary before we head to the Kukuland, and I am so thankful to see such abundant snow before Christmas, even though the traffic has been chaotic for the past two weeks in the city.

There is no wind at all outside in my garden and the temperature is perfectly set at minus six. The snow flowers drift, spin and land peacefully on the wrinkled crab apples that are waiting for the birds coming back in the spring. Some of the snow flakes stand on apple branches or ever-green needles, while others prefer to surround the honey suckle berries, Saskatoon berries or Nanking cherries.