one week ago

... the general landscape of the area still looked like these photos below.

Warmer weather came to visit throughout this past week and here today much of the snow shown below is almost completely melted.

Let's call these "before" photos and soon I'll show you the "after" photos.

Not half as pretty since the snow decided to begin the big melt, and even though clumps of white icy snowbanks remain speckled here and there, I still very much prefer this scenery to what's outside today.