Who can resist taking photos of such beauty in the wake of a winter storm?
The clouds part, blue sky peeks through, and the sun shines down on a winter scene, where branches bend beneath the weight of the wet, heavy snow along a Lincoln County road. Connie Driscoll-Staeck photo.The canopy of tree branches heavily laden with the recent winter snow looks like a Christmas postcard. One can almost imagine a couple riding in a one-horse open sleigh will come along at any moment. Connie Driscoll-Staeck photo.The view from the large windows in the T.B. Scott Library in Merrill is magnificent, as it overlooks the walking bridge that crosses the Prairie River, and the trees in the park, all covered with a thick layer of new snowfall. Sarah Sturm photo.After the recent snowstorm, the whole world seems made up of variations in white … this country road and the overcast sky, the trees and their branches on either side … all beckoning to journey a little further down this narrow lane dressed in winter white. Connie Driscoll-Staeck photo.Inches of fresh snow are piled up on a mailbox trimmed for the holidays with evergreen boughs and ribbons, and who better to notice the beauty of nature’s simple white adornments than the mail carrier who snapped this photo? Connie Driscoll-Staeck photo.Frost and ice cover this mailbox in the countryside, giving it an old world charm. Connie Driscoll-Staeck photo.Covered with glistening ice, everything has a more nostalgic, magical appearance. Connie Driscoll-Staeck photo.Before all the snow came freezing rain and ice, and the glimmer of all that ice on the branches of a tree, backlit by sreet lights, made for a beautiful sight. Stephanie Heyden photo.
