So here’s a shot of the garden outside my office window Sunday morning. (Taken through a screened and shut double-paned window therefore very blurred–my iThing camera really, really isn’t this bad. Think, ‘operator error’, that is, playing with my toy in the morning before I’ve even had a cup of tea–like a kid at Christmas. Imagine me beaming with delight over this muddy little picture. Or perhaps half-mad due to lack of caffeine. Or, y’know, both.)
Now here’s one taken Monday morning. (Yep, same camera, same window, but I’m awake. Apparently it makes a difference.)
Autumn to winter wonderland in twenty-four hours. Whap. What’s so strange (to me; perhaps you worldly people have seen it a hundred times before) is seeing the snow on leaves. In my worldview, trees don’t have leaves and snow at the same time. Needles, yes, because of the whole coniferous thing. But broad, deciduous, sherbet-coloured leaves? It’s just not natural. (Here in Seattle, it’s the coldest it’s been in November for 20 years. So there: I’m not barking mad. No madder, at least, than any other stir-crazy novelist thundering towards the cliff end of her first draft.)
And, hey, no complaints about the craptastic photos. Just be grateful I’m not foisting on you video of snow falling. Which I took with my fantabulously awesome new iThing. I have several: minute after thrilling minute of snow falling. You have been warned…
Nicola Griffith 
Stay warm and keep enjoying your iThing. From the sound of Kelley's post, it seems Seattle drivers are about as “good” as Atlanta drivers in the snow.
Well, the local DoT doesn't help. They make mad decisions about which roads to de-ice and when, which HOV lanes to switch, all that stuff. Yesterday,some commuters were stuck in traffic for six hours. I'm not going *anywhere* for days.
you're cracking me up and I'm glad you're enjoying your “thang” maybe you could up the ante and get some footage of paint drying…kidding. Have fun.
Oh, thou art tempting me, mortal…
Funny. I now have sitting on my computer several photos of a cherry tree with those sherbet leaves and snow on the branches. And… two 30 second videos of snow falling. Having viewed said videos on my computer since making them, I think it's safe to say they will not be the next blockbuster movie. (They can keep my videos of leaves blowing in the wind and the sound of rain falling on my broad-brimmed hat company on my hard drive.) Though I did all this with my Canon camera.