First 2022 Snow in Easton CT — Jim Freund's Blog

We didn't have too long to wait this year for the first snowstorm to hit our weekend residence in Easton, CT.

It began snowing just after midnight on January 7, and this is what things looked like behind our house at about 8 a.m.

Here's a few closeups of the snow’s impact on our yard in the early morning hours.

This was taken in the dim light as the snow came to an end.

This shows the transition from that dim light (on the left) to the brightening sky (on the right).

Barbara was hard at work shortly after 8 a.m. shoveling a path for our menagerie to make its way through the thick snow (and for her to frolic with them).

A long shot, medium view and close-up of some attractive snow-flecked flora in our front yard.

I like the way the fallen snow adorns the branches of trees, both in the dim light of the dawn and as illuminated by daylight.

Here’s how our house looked later that morning – plus a shot from the second floor terrace outside our bedroom, and the photo Barbara took of icicles outside our bedroom window.

These two large trees (and the hammock between) are a photogenic staple in our backyard, and even receive some illumination at night.

I like this early morning overview of the premises.

Here’s Barbara at work again – clearing enough snow off our vehicles to permit usage.

The snow, the trees, the shadows, and the dog all work together here photographically.

Here’s Sydney luxuriating in the snow. Barbara and her niece Alexis are co-parents of this wonderful golden retriever, who loves the outdoors – sun, rain, snow, hot, cold, light, dark – you name it.

That’s Macee (top left), Corki (top right), and Stella (lower left) from our crew. (Harry had opted for the warmth of the house.) There’s also a sculpture of a dog near our front door that today is covered in snow.

By midday I was ready to venture out. My first stop was the grounds of Easton’s Helen Keller Middle School.

No basketball today . . . .

. . . but sledding is a natural –

as these participants can attest

I enjoyed this view as I was leaving the school.

There’s a lot of scenic water around Easton, including these locales I encountered.

This is one of my favorite mini-falls in the area.

Here are some shots of the local “rapids”.

There’s not much going on today in Easton’s centuries-old cemetery.

Some images that caught my eye as I drove around.

A waterlogged branch, a fire hydrant, and a clump of snow (top) that I thought resembled the snout of a large pig.

Driving down Old Oak Road you can see some horses, a dam, an old structure, but best of all . . . .