A bed of stones received an artful dusting of snow during January's first snowfall.

Photo: Sarah Rose Pinney

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A dog enjoys the first snow of 2009.

Photo: Sarah Rose Pinney

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A table, retired for winter, is covered in January snow.

Photo: Sarah Rose Pinney

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An owl wears a white winter hat in South Riding.

Photo: Steve Schoenly

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A hill of rocks in South Riding received a heavy blanket of snow.

Photo: Steve Schoenly

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A creek flows near Elk Lick Road.

Photo: Steve Schoenly

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The thistles are covered in snow in South Riding.

Photo: Steve Schoenly

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A solitary sparrow rests in the South Riding snow.

Photo: Steve Schoenly

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Andrea Meyers of Loudoun is accompanied by two of her children as they shovel the snow off their walkway.

Photo: Andrea Meyers

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A pine tree is in Loudoun experiences the first major snowfall of the year Jan. 27.

Photo: Andrea Meyers

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A hedgehog statue enjoys the day off school for inclement weather in Loudoun County, Jan. 27.

Photo: Charley Stafford

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Buddha sits in quiet patience in the snow with his white cap and comfortable lap blanket.

Photo: Charley Stafford

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Slippery sidewalks are treated in downtown historic Leesburg along King Street on Jan. 27.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

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Matt Cromwell of Leesburg walk his retrievers, Lucy and Lilly, near the corner of Market and Kings Streets in downtown historic Leesburg on Jan. 27.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

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The snowy area surrounding the Old Leesburg Courthouse in Leesburg as photographed at mid day on Jan. 27.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

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A fence surrounding Morven Park just off Old Waterford Road in Leesburg is covered in snow the morning of Jan. 27.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

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Loudoun County children play outside in the county's first real snow fall of 2009.

Photo: Darin Wimbroug

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A Nandina shrub in Ashburn was covered in snow during a heavy Loudoun snowfall on Jan. 27.

Photo: Erica Garman, LoudounExtra.com

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Eary morning traffic heads west at the intersection of Rout 7 and Battlefield Parkway just outside Leesburg on Jan. 27.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

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William Lake, who lives off of Choptank Terrace in Ashburn, cleans the snow off his car during Loudoun's heaviest snowfall so far this winter season.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

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