Lone Flake

I was taking pictures of the snow in the garden today. I had been planning to share some I took this afternoon, where the sunlight was finally shining across the garden, making the powdery snow sparkle and glisten.

I was going to, but then I saw this.

The snow on the plant was just starting to melt when this little, lone snowflake caught my eye. I had no time to get the macro lens onto the camera, I just had to shoot and hope for the best.

And then it was gone.

I had never seen a single snowflake before.

They look just like they do in the pictures - so delicate, so pretty.

Who knew?