The first measurable snowfall of the 2025-2026 season

We got 7.5" of light, somewhat fluffy snow yesterday and into the early morning hours today. Here is our snow measuring table within the vegetable garden area in the front yard.

And, here is the snow covered bird feeding area on the south side of the house.

Kindergarten Blue Trail and deer tracks in the snow

After 7.5 inches of snow, the trees and trail were so pretty today, on Woods Wednesday. 

The pine boughs are heavily laden with snow which makes the trail even more picturesque.

The kids had lots of fun following the Blue Trail to the forest classroom.

On my way back to the school parking lot, I decided to blaze my own trail along the top of the athletic fields next to the forest. There I found numerous white-tailed deer trails crisscrossing each other and then continuing on the other side of the fence.

This is such a busy deer highway! We are thinking of setting up a game camera some weekend to see how many deer travel out in the open at night.