It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Yesterday, the ground was bare and the sky was deep blue and we all crossed our fingers that this was the end of winter, finally. Got up early this morning and the ground was bare and my car looked fine. Half an hour later, the ground was white and my car was snow-covered. Still went on a walk with the snow falling heavily. We saw something like 18 species of bird, including Trumpeter Swans, American Tree Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, Common Redpolls, and Blue Jays.