Talk about a photo op – 
this morning the Winterthur Garden is gorgeous with a light covering of snow. I strapped on my Yaktrax so I wouldn’t slip on an icy patch, grabbed my camera and spent about an hour focusing on the beauty of the winter garden. One stop was Enchanted Woods where I snapped this photo of a very cold frog statue.
If you’ve lived around rhododendrons, you will have noticed how their leaves serve as a kind of natural thermometer. 
The temperature was about 28 degrees F when I was out. This article, by KYW’s Phran Novelli, suggests that the leaves curl below 34 degrees F. “It varies a bit, but in general as the temperature drops below 34 degrees Fahrenheit or so, the leaves start to cup and curl under. Around 25 degrees, they’re curled up and drooping from their petiole (that’s the little leaf stem) and by the time it’s down in the teens, rhododendron leaves will be hanging almost perpendicular and curled so tightly, they look like string beans.” http://www.kyw1060.com/pages/5976197.php
Hope you will take time this winter to enjoy the Winterthur Garden!
Our family has been twice after the snow!
It was so gorgeous, if not a bit cold though. 
HeHe! But we so enjoyed the peace and the walk. 
We also took some pictures! 
Blessings!
~Miss Rachel~
Dear Miss Rachel, Thank you for being one of our most loyal blog readers! It’s so nice to hear that your family is enjoying the garden’s peace and calm. Would love to see a few of your photos.
Best wishes, Karen Steenhoek Assistant Curator of Garden Interpretation