Yesterday’s rain turned to snow at dusk, and there was just enough to coat the grass but not the roads (which is nice because I’m not quite ready for plowing and shoveling season). Overnight it cleared up and stayed cold, making for quite a beautiful morning:

Looking back across the field at my neighbor's barn.

Chico thinks snow is pretty cool stuff, so he was thrilled, running and rolling and bouncing:

I’m betting that by mid-February, neither of us will feel the same about snow as we did this morning.