One Day After Our Snow Melt - Part 2

I was driving along the gravel road near my house to see the wintry beauty of new fallen snow (see also Part 1, posted yesterday). These tall Red Pines held the snow on towering heights:

Down lower, the bushes and saplings created a pearly lacework:

The small tree in the center of the photo was bowing gracefully:

A Cedar added a bit of green to the otherwise black and white tableau:

And the coppery leaves of a Beech added color in other places:

This was all private property, but some places sure looked inviting, seeming to say "Come walk around and explore:"

Red Pines and Beech trees:

A luminous filigree, created by snow covered branches:

Pines and hardwoods:

Beech trees and an old barbed wire fence:

White Pines have long, soft, flexible needles - five per bundle, and drape themselves artistically under a heavy, wet snow:

I turned onto another road to make my way home and began following a former field, now grown up into woodlands, as I continued to admire the wintry beauty. I put my camera away, however, for I had work to do at home: