Images: Some of the best photos that you may have missed this weekend

  Anna Smith of Elgin finishes her nine-mile run along the Great Western Trail in Wasco Saturday morning. She and about 30 members of the PR Performance Running group ran trail in the snow. "There were a few places where there were drifts and you just had to run like a gazelle," Smith said with a laugh. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com

  Ed Podrasky of Arlington Heights clears snow off his car as he gets ready to go to the store Saturday morning. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com

  Heavy snow on trees in Palatine has caused some of them to shed their branches blocking side streets. Just another problem to face as the Northwest suburbs faces its first major winter storm. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com

  Heavy snow greeted Palatine residents Emily Mostardo, 17, and Skyler Russell, 16, in a fun way as they head home from the Hamilton Reservoir just after getting their first taste of the Northwest suburbs first major winter storm. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com

  Crews at Montini High School work to remove snow from the field before the Class 6A semifinal football matchup between the Broncos and Prairie Ridge in Lombard. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com

  Runners take advantage of the first major snowstorm of the season with a jog through the Morton Arboretum. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com

  Tanner Garrison of Naperville takes advantage of the first major snowstorm of the season as he slides down Rotary Hill in Naperville. Daniel White/dwhite@dailyherald.com

  Round Lake Beach artist John Hennessey uses markers to create a one-of-a kind wall hanging Sunday at the Festival of Arts and Crafts show at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles. Hennessey and his wife Sharon operate The Whimsical Farm Studio, making specialty murals and wall art as well as repurposed furniture art. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com

  Eight-month-old Henry Otto reaches for four-year-old greyhound Argo Sunday in Naperville at a greyhound adoption event, and blood donation in the memory of Emily Driscoll, who was killed by a motorist while walking her adopted greyhound one year ago. Henry and his parents Ryan and Mary, of Wheaton have two cats. The greyhounds are all former racing dogs from Greyhounds Only, Inc., a rescue and adoption group from Carol Stream. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com

  Andrew Schwab, a volunteer with Greyhounds Only, Inc., a rescue and adoption group from Carol Stream who place former racing dogs, gives blood Sunday at Lifesource Community Donation Center on Aurora Avenue in Naperville. It was part of a greyhound adoption event, and blood donation in the memory of Emily Driscoll, who was killed by a motorist while walking her adopted greyhound one year ago. John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com