The Frosting on the Cake

The day before yesterday was so much warmer, up in the 50's, so it was hard to imagine a snowfall would be something we'd wake up to the next morning. But that
is exactly what happened. And because it was so warm, the snow was mixed with rain and made for heavy, thick wet snow plastering all the trees and weighing them down.

And it also plastered our chicken coop, too.

This is what I was presented with upon waking up yesterday morning.(Click for larger pics)
John tried to shake off some of the snow before he went to work, but the task proved too daunting.
The snow was so heavy and thick and reminded me of cake frosting.
Here you can see how heavy the snow is. It broke several of the zip ties and created large gaps in the hawk netting.
The front of our coop.
After I walked all around underneath and shook off most of the snow (and was thoroughly cold and wet), the threat of a total netting/fencing collapse was over. Whew!
Our 'neighborhood' frosted with snow.

A view up the hill into our barn. Catlinite is in the pen on the right.
Little avian prints on our back patio.
The front of our house. You can almost see our chicken coop to the left of the house behind our peach tree.
This is our peach tree which is very prolific with peaches in the late Spring/Summer, I've been told. We find peach pits all over our property. I wonder if there is something we can create with peach pits?

I was very attracted to the beauty of our peach tree covered in snow.