Snow has covered the area with about 25 inches of snowfall occurring from Saturday through Thursday morning this past week. It’s turned everything into a winter wonderland and is quite a contrast to last year when we didn’t have snow on the ground until after the first week of December. I’ve been determined to find a good subject to convey the feeling of winter’s arrival and ultimately found it in the backyard. My sunflowers didn’t bloom until late this year and barely even opened before the first frost hit. I have five or six that look like this one. I’ve been waiting to see if the right opportunity to photograph them might happen and Wednesday morning, as the snow continued to fall, seemed the right time. On a side note, I posted on my website that December 9th is the last date I can accept orders and have them out to you in time for Christmas.