Snowy Trees

Today we are expected to get anywhere up to 20" of snow, but last week I was excited when I woke up on Friday morning to a few flurries. It was snowing heavily by mid-morning, but by lunchtime it had stopped. I hurried out to Central Park, hoping to capture some of the snowy trees before it all melted away (it had been in the 60s the day before).

I headed straight to the North Woods, because I was having flashbacks of my beautiful snowy commutes through that part of the park during my first (very snowy) winter in New York. The North Woods is, as the name suggests, filled with trees, and it's an extra magical place in the snow.

I recently posted photos of the early signs of spring that had begun to pop up in the park in February, but obviously winter has decided to hold on a bit longer. March snows are not common in the city, but they do happen—The Great Blizzard of 1888 (March 11 – March 14) was one of the most severe recorded blizzards in the history of the US, with snowfalls of 20-60 inches along the East Coast.

The snow was already melting by the time I got outside, and large chunks of it were falling everywhere, which was equal parts fun and treacherous. The little snow puffs left on the trees almost looked like blossoms—and as much as I love snow, I can't help but hope that spring eventually comes to stay for longer than a day or two.