AnneTheWriter<p>3/3 🧵<br>For <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSunday</span></a>...</p><p>Some scenes from the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FirstSnowfall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstSnowfall</span></a> of the season, as seen from my back patio door today in <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AuroraIllinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuroraIllinois</span></a> (far suburban <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> area). </p><p>The mostly white <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dog</span></a> in the yard is our <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Sheltie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sheltie</span></a> named Ava. She was waiting for us to come outside to play with her. Ava enjoys having us throw snowballs at her, and she loves to catch the snow in her mouth.</p><p>The near-melting kind of snow in this weather is good for making <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/snowballs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snowballs</span></a> -- not so dry as to be powdery and not stick together-- but it was still not deep enough to avoid picking up a lot of leaves in our snowball-making process.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FirstSnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstSnow</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FirstSnowOfWinter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstSnowOfWinter</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Sunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sunday</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WinterIsBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WinterIsBack</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dogstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dogstodon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dogs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DogsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DogsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ShetlandSheepdogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShetlandSheepdogs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Photographs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photographs</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SnowPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SnowPlay</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DogsInSnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DogsInSnow</span></a></p>