Pittsburgh is a Winter Wonderland

Pittsburgh has been getting a lot more precipitation this year than last. Although it was incredibly warm up through October, we got our first snow early on, and it has since been snowing quite frequently. I recently invested in new batteries for my camera, so here are some photos from Pittsburgh's Winter Wonderland:

When I walked to my 18-240 final last night, rain steadily turned to snow. When I walked back, the same event occurred. Events like these are what makes scraping the frozen snow from vehicles such as Andrey's difficult.

It's snowing! Just believe it.


One fascinating thing about winter that I enjoy is the appearance of birds' nests in the trees.

Snowy Shadyside, as seen from my apartment.

Christmas trees right outside our window!
St. Paul's Cathedral. Even Pittsburgh has some old-style architecture.
I did not know this at the time I took the photos (I took them because of the bagpipe band playing in the corner and the decorated people standing on the sides), but apparently there was a memorial service for Special Agent Hicks, the FBI agent from Pittsburgh killed in a drug raid last month.

The fleet of Port Authority buses to transport people to the memorial gave the event away as something important (if the bagpipes and decoration rifles didn't give it away already).Streams of people.

Snowy campus. Administration had to tie down their beloved "Walking to the Sky", since it was swaying in the wind too much.

Snow!