Sprinkle some powdered sugar on top!

[Tenzin'sMom]

When it snows in Sedona, we have just enough for a few hours of beauty, and then it melts away. So here's what I woke up to on a recent winter morning:


At 7:00 in the morning, the clouds were still heavy and dark. (If you open this one in the large size, you'll see a hawk soaring on the air currents above the cliffs.)




As the sun began to warm them up, the clouds became wispy, and drifted in and out of the rocks.




As the sun breaks through, there is just a sprinkle of snow on the rocks. It always looks to me like powdered sugar!




And by 9:00 in the morning, most of the snow had melted. But this prickly pear cactus was still wearing little white snow caps.



Thanks for looking! As always your comments are appreciated.

[skyline photo]

wow how absolutely beautiful. wonderful shots. definately keepers

[pjflan7]

A couple of those shots look alot like Yosemite quite frankly. Sometimes a good dusting like this creates much more great interest than it it were blanketed

[PlanetStrong]

Those shots are fantastic! I love Sedona - just got married there a couple months ago

I love seeing the snow on the cactus - you don't see that every day.

[shmelly]

Wow, snow!!! that looks so amazing on the cactus. I had no idea it snowed in Arizona.

[slsphotos]

Sedona is a beautiful place! I especially like photo 3. Great set of photos!

[nickspictures.com]

Unique. I like these a lot.

[Rezoanratul]

Wonderful shots!! Love the mist in the 2nd & 3rd one!

[lindyannajones]

These are beautiful shots, Helen. I love the way you've shown the way the landscape changes, subtle but changing. I very much like your last shot because no matter how old I get, I'm never going to tire of seeing snow on cactus! Lovely shots, all.

[DigUpHerBones07]

I really like desert photos, there is so much beauty out there.