Because I live on a hill. The sleet changed to freezing rain. I spent most of the day slogging around in the muck trying to get my car out of the woods. Finally a lone plow came around and cleared a single lane up the road and I was able to get my car home.

Last night the wind blew down the rest of the leaves.

and the leaves are still on many of the trees. The weight of this wet snow is pulling down branches and trees. Still, it’s very pretty.

This is very near to where I live, but my house is surrounded by trees so I had to go to this busy corner for the shot. You can’t tell, but there were cars all around me; this parking lot sits at the junction of two very busy roads. It was very windy standing atop the picnic table!

Have I mentioned how amazing it is to have a digital camera lens with an f-stop of 22?

The Olympus E-510 has NO auto-focus lag, processor lag, shutter lag, or any other kind of lag you wanna bitch about. No lag. None. I am still giddy.