This is WAY too early for snow. Blargh!

So, 3.7 inches of snow fell here today.  This is a record here for the most snow ever in October.  It broke a record that had stood since 1925.  If I haven't mentioned it before now, I AM NOT A FAN OF SNOW.  Sure, sometimes it looks kinda pretty, but it is COLD and it is HEAVY when you have to shovel it, and most people drive like (even bigger) idiots when it is falling or already on the roads.  So, not only did this snow cause the cancellation of the annual Mummer's Parade here in town (which hasn't happened since the blackout years during WW2), but it also caused a lot of power outages.  A lot of trees still have their leaves and the snow was weighing down their limbs.  I feel bad for the trees...and myself...because I really do hate the snow.  Also, I noticed that my cherry tree that I planted this Spring is dead.  Somehow, the trunk was snapped.  I don't know if it was some horribly malicious awful excuse for a person or if it was Nature.  I'm sad and really disappointed either way.  I spent a lot of time and effort this Spring and Summer on that tree and I was dreaming of the beautiful cherry blossoms that it would bring forth into the world.  It's SO NOT RIGHT that it's dead. *SAD FACE*  I'm hoping to get another tree and try again.  Anyway, I felt bad for my weeping willow tree.  It was so weighed down by the snow that I was afraid it would be damaged.  I got my winter boots out (again, WAY too early for this!) and went out into the yard to gently shake the snow off the leaves.  Here is a picture of the tree before I went to save it.