Icing on the Hill

I've learned over the last week or two that this winter's snow isn't staying around for long. This morning we had a serious snow flurry for about an hour, but by evening little snow was left on the ground. Just down the hill in the Hillsdale Town Center, you'd never know it snowed at all.

I poked my head outside at mid-day and took these photos while there was still whiteness to record. The shrubs looked like someone had doused them with gloppy sugar frosting. The patio table was covered with a soggy snow-white table cloth. The bird feeder, full of seed, was glazed and unvisited. The birds have been noticeable by their troubling absence.