SPRING SNOW

I WOKE UP THIS MORNING AT 3AM TO THE SOUND OF A BRANCH IN OUR SYCAMORE TREE CRACKING AND COMING DOWN. I TOOK A LOOK OUT FRONT AND COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH SNOW HAD FALLEN.
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS I HEARD MY LILAC BUSH CRACK TWICE AND THE NEIGHBORS DREADED ELM TREE CRACK SEVERAL TIMES AND BRANCHES COMING DOWN. IT HAS BEEN QUITE THE MORNING SO FAR.
I WOKE MY HUBBY UP AT 5:30AM SO HE COULD CLEAR THE WALKS AND HIS TRUCK. A COUPLE NEIGHBORS HAVE LOST PARTS OF TREES. OUR 3 LILAC BUSHES IN THE SIDE YARD ARE BEING BENT AND SQUASHED UNDER THE SNOW. NOW STANDING NO TALLER THAN THE 4 FOOT FENCE THEY ARE PLANTED NEXT TO. THEY LOOK LIKE THREE MOUNDS IN THE SNOW.
WE KNEW THIS STORM WAS COMING, SO HERE ARE SOME PICTURES TO DOCUMENT THE CRAZY SPRING WEATHER WE GET EVERY YEAR. MY TULIP BUSHES HAVE LOTS OF LITTLE BUDS. I HOPE THEY SURVIVE.

WEDNESDAY MORNING
15 APRIL 2009
ALONG MY BACK FENCE

WEDNESDAY EARLY EVENING
15 APRIL 2009
ONCE AGAIN, ALONG MY BACK FENCE

THIS MORNING THURSDAY
16 APRIL 2009
FRONT YARD

MY BROKEN LILAC BUSH LEANING AGAINST MY KITCHEN WINDOW.

A SECOND BROKEN SIDE OF MY LILAC BUSH.

OUR NEIGHBORS ELM ON OUR FENCE AND SHED.
NOW THAT IS A TREE I WISH WOULD HAVE COME DOWN.

MORE PICTURES TO COME AS THE DAY PROGRESSES.