Snowflake, just before it melts

Balanced Snowflake, originally uploaded by SusanNobleSmith Photos.

It snowed here last night! I find this exciting while others find it annoying. But it isn't like back home when the first snow fall is a reminder of all the cold snowy months to come. Here it is a fleeting novelty that will be gone probably within the hour. We didn't get much accumulation here, but apparently in more western parts of the city it actually accumulated. We did get those big beautiful wet drops of snow though, the ones that look like 100 snowflakes stuck together.

Having no good pictures of snowflakes, I went to flickr to find this cute snowflake hanging out on a cedar.