Winter Returns

Over a foot of wet, heavy snow arrived during the night.  Mike and I spent the day moving it.  Heavy and stubborn the snow has been scraped off decks and walkways, blown off car aprons and parking spots, and plowed away to giant heaps at the end of the road. 

Here, a view through the orchids.  Do note, the orchid sending out a blossom stalk!  Always a noteworthy event, for me, when you can get an orchid to bloom again.