Three days ago, walking outside, one could see only green grass (or a brown blanket of last year's dead leaves) - you had to look carefully to find some dirty melting snow!

We even ventured into a little trip on Sunday with the whole family, to the park on the edge of town (there was a fair amount of snow and ice there).

I entitled the blog with a dozen photos from that walk "Farewell to Winter" - and to say the truth, I was a bit hasty here :)

In any case, this farewell turns out to be very, very, very gradual, and usually it lasts until the beginning of May - when the ice drifts along the Neva River.

Anyway, three days ago a strong blizzard hit the city. It lasted intermittently for two days - and now the city again is covered with a 5-6 cm layer of snow. So, the first thing I did was to dress warmly; and secondly, I armed myself with a macro lens and went to check how were doing the snowdrops in the neighboring yard. They are still alive and not giving up! although their stems have drooped a bit, and some of them now are almost invisible under a layer of fresh snow. Of course, we'll see how long this frost will last - and what will happen when the snow melts.

Below are several #macro photos for the @Photofeed challenge.

I am not 100% sure what I see in this capture, but look at the plant in the right corner - I think I see some kind of insect! a worm, a larva sleeping numb in a self-made transparent hammock. What do you think?

I love seeing living creatures warming up their surroundings, melting the snow. Do you see this little hole that has appeared in the snow around the snowdrop?

Let me round up my post on this beautiful flower.
Thanks for walking with me, hope you enjoyed the visuals and all the pure white snow. Absolutely harmless, when you see it on a display only. 😃 See you next time!

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