Hunger Grass in Winter

This really is the view from my kitchen window! We are having the first really big snow here in upstate NY. I love to look out at the birds flitting about in the feeders as the snow is swirling around the corner of our house. The blue switch grass, aka hunger grass in Ireland, reminds me of those who died of starvation in Ireland. The legend is, this type of grass grew up around the bodies where the people lay down and died. It's a terrible part of history that is re occuring today in other parts of the world.
The sedum, such a beautiful plant in the fall, also stands and holds it's own to the winter wind.