Trick or Treat - and how!

What sounds like sporadic gunfire throughout the valley this afternoon is actually the full-leaved, and covered with four inches of heavy snow, treelimbs snapping and crashing all over the mountainside.

The Park closed early today due to the surprise snowstorm, and although I'm conked out with a cold, Susan is out in the yard with a broom saving our trees.

This one will make it through the storm. 

Our maple in the backyard however...

I wasn't able to get to it in time.  Most of its limbs are on the ground.

            Just getting this post up was a chore as the power drops every few minutes

With the limbs drooping over the powerlines like this, we expect to lose electricity any moment now, making for a chilly night.

 

Halloween greetings from just north of Boonsboro.

Ranger Mannie (fighting a head cold)