Apologies to Robert Frost, of course, whose poem gave me the idea for the title of this post. Of course, Frost talks about stopping woods on a snowy evening; we have a river, not woods, and while most of our snow fall over the weekend did come at night, we walked over to the Neckarbrücke (bridge) to view the Neckar River the following morning.

Indeed, there was a good 1-2 inches of snow on all the rooftops in the old city center in Tübingen Sunday morning, even if there was nothing that stuck around on the ground. This storm was very unusual: it has been decades since it had snowed in October in Tübingen, or in most of this part of Germany, for that matter. So, seeing the snow over the weekend here in town was quite a big deal.

BTW, our little weekend storm was nothing compared to the giant storm that is headed to the U.S. Northeast at the moment – here’s hoping our friends and family there can weather that storm without too many problems.

Anyway, in the photos I’ve posted today, I start with many variations on the basic “postcard” shot of the Neckar River from the Neckarbrücke. However, you’ll see ones that illustrate how the  leaves on the trees were blanketed with snow, too, which struck me as particularly odd. Not all of the leaves here have finished changing colors yet,  let alone fallen from the trees, so there was a mix of yellow and green leaves under their shawl of snow. Also, among the other photos in this set are ones taken from our apartment windows on Saturday, which was the first day of the snow storm. On Saturday, it was a gentle snow that greeted us when we awoke that morning.  That early snow didn’t accumulate much and was mostly gone by Saturday night, when the second round started.

The final photo is a panoramic look at the standard postcard shot, stitched together from multiple photos.

BTW, well, I would say that these photos depict a snowy day, but the native English speaker I live with doesn’t agree for all but two of them. For him, “snowy day” necessarily means “snowing during this moment”. Which it wasn’t when I took most of the photos.

So, use your judgement and see what you think of these “snowy” photos of the aftermath rather minor, albeit extremely early snowstorm. It was not nearly a blizzard, but it was enough to leave a snow-filled vista in its wake for us — and now you — to enjoy. 😉