Garden: A Dark and Stormy Morning

We're having a pretty wintery storm right now--driving rain and gusty winds.  Most of the leaves (and a few smaller branches) are off the trees.  I also noticed that one of our neighbor's fences blew down.  Earlier today I went out to remove two black Hefty bags that had blown and caught in one of our trees--they look suspiciously like the bags that a neighbor filled with leaves and sat next to her house to await yard-waste collection.  

**And with a long hiatus while waiting for power to be restored...the rest of the post.

Espaliered camellia--blooming a month early?

Fothergilla gardenii "Mt. Airy"--a new addition to the garden this year.

Front garden on this stormy day.