You know good and well when a southern city gets a foot of snow, bloggers are gonna be bloggin’ about it, right?
I have always loved seeing snow, and I rarely get the chance. Saturday, I was in my happy place, watching the feathery snow fall for twelve hours.
Our deck angel grew a pompadour and then . . .
she took her pompadour and disappeared altogether.
I was a little concerned about her, but fortunately, she reappeared yesterday, hair intact and wearing a new snow skirt.
Tinker and Belle were not entirely thrilled with the white, freeze-y stuff, but they valiantly went out to do their big and brave business and then zoomed right back inside again.
Then they tucked in on the couch for a snowy day nap. It’s impossible to be stressed when looking at two snoozing balls of fur.
Yesterday morning, after breakfast, I went outside to view the unaccustomedly stark landscape.
The cars were barely visible. This is basically a Mazda snow pillow.
I was inspired by the beauty on display in the storm’s frigid aftermath; I especially loved that the slumbering roses were wearing tiny snow hats.
It’s what all the roses are wearing these days.
No quiet colors here! The array of bright red, vivid green, and stark white all gathered together on this holly bush was striking. As always, my compliments to the Creator.
I have seen this house in all sorts of weather, but as I was looking over the snowscape yesterday, I thought, “This may very well be the last time there will be this much snow here in my lifetime.” A thought that both sobered me and caused me to treasure the view all the more.
I love our little nest in all its seasons.
kids, both big and small, go out to enjoy it.
Sarah and Gage took a snowy stroll through their new neighborhood and looked especially cute while doing so.
And Nathan and his family had more fun than is actually legal to have.
For four children born and (partly) raised in Florida, experiencing twelve inches of snow made for a very large time.
And lastly, I love this photo that Meagan took of Nathan. It made my mama heart thankful for the wonderful spouses both our children have.
A Mazda snow pillow. Roses wearing hats. An angel in a snow skirt. A holly bush refusing to wear its colors quietly.
There is so much loveliness, quirkiness, and inspiration to be seen all around us–in the snow, in the sun, and in every season in between.
What about you?
What lovely or quirky thing have you seen lately?
What is the worst storm you have been through? (Snow, ice, hurricane, tornado.)
I usually ask if you have anything interesting coming up the following week. This time I’m going to ask what is the most boring thing you have to do this week?
Wow! Such beautiful snow pictures!! We had the most beautiful full moon this week that was covered by just a couple of clouds. It was orange and breathtaking!
My boring week consists of two sessions of physical therapy and finishing up putting day care schedules into the computer. Not a lot going on. 🙂
LeeAnne,
Oh, I love a good moon! I always wonder how astronauts feel when they walk outside at night at look up at it. Must be really weird to see.
I’m right there with you on PT. I usually dread going in (because I always go after already being gone from the house ten hours), but I always feel better when I leave.
A couple weeks ago, or maybe just one…I don’t really know, that huge ice storm was making its way through the country. I’m in south central Texas. Where it doesn’t snow, well where it BARELY ever snows. Where no one knows how to drive in ice/snow and where we don’t really have the resources for that kind of weather. People lost their ever loving minds and cleared the grocery store shelves. Mind you, that is no easy task when just in my small-ish, (not really ha it’s the 2nd fastest growing city in America or something like that), we have 3 very large grocery stores (HEB) and another very small grocery store. It was as if everyone thought we’d be snowed in for weeks with no way to get groceries or toilet paper! The forecast was for a max of 3 days and then we had one single night of icy roads. 🤣🤣🤣
Lizz,
I know. That really is crazy when people panic buy and clear the shelves. I don’t know what they’re going to do with 7 dozen eggs!
We’re like you in that we don’t really have the equipment or the knowledge to deal with a lot of snow. Glad it came and glad it’s going!
Love the pics. Snow makes everything beautiful! Ice makes everything dangerous!! 10 Inches of snow in southern VA on top of 4 inches of ice has made for more time at home. Our company has let us work from home which is nice we do not have to get out as secondary roads are still in bad shape. My desk is at my window so I can watch the quirky, lovely birds.
The scariest was a tornado that touched down in Aug 1998, about 15 minutes from my office at that time and it was closer to my girls’ daycare, but GOD protected the daycare! 2 people lost their lives that day in a small community. Very sad!!!
Work is very busy and we have lots going on so nothing boring!
Eswim,
Yikes. Snow on top of ice is NOT a good thing. But you’re fortunate to be able to work at home, especially when you have the birds performing for you outside all day. The best kind of view.
Wow. Being fifteen minutes from a tornado would be scary, indeed, and knowing it was close to your girls’ daycare even worse! I know you were so thankful when the all clear was given and your able to give them huge hugs.
I really enjoyed your snow pictures…I can hear the quiet and see the glow of the snow at night. Probably the most lovely sight I’ve seen are the photos of my brand new great-nephew born yesterday In Memphis (fortunately they were able to get across the Mississippi River bridge from Arkansas – their neighborhoods are still pretty icy)
Probably the worst storm I was part of was a couple years ago when high winds/thunderstorm caused tree limbs to knock over our fence and our neighborhood was without power for 6 days (in June … in Dallas).
I anticipate our mandatory staff meeting after school tomorrow to probably be the most boring thing I endure in the recent past or near future. Different topics don’t apply to different groups, then it gets even more boring if someone decides to ask irrelevant questions.
I hope you “thaw out” soon…
SueEllen,
Congrats on the new great-nephew and very thankful the family was able to get to the hospital in the icestorm.
June. Dallas. No electricity. Don’t even want to think about it. The best thing about losing power is that fabulous feeling when the lights blink black on. Absolute bliss.
I agree. Long meetings that don’t really apply to you are a bummer. I hope you took a nice nap during it–with your eyes open, of course. 🙂
Well, hard to believe you all have more snow than we do. It is nice to have items outside to look at to see how much snow you do have. That much snow is definitely for kids. Enjoy!
Sharyn,
I know, it it really is funn that NC has out-snowed Minnesota! That probably won’t happen again for a long time.
It’s still enough of a novelty for us that I absolutely love seeing it. But also glad when it leaves us pretty quickly.
Love the rose, angel, and holly pictures. So lovely when snow is piled up on objects and I always love seeing red berries in the snow. The lamp post gives a lovely Narnia feel.
We got a Blink camera for our Christmas gift and being too cold and snowy to get it mounted, I improvised with a garden stake and zipties. We have been getting images of the deer in our yard the last few nights. Lovely.
We had an overnight ice storm a few years ago and it took out our power and halted church. It was beautiful to see though.
The most boring thing this week will be my annual MRI-hate laying still for so long.
Patti,
I hope your MRI went well. When I’ve had them, I try to convince myself to doze off a little so they go by faster.
Good job improvising with your Blink camera! It’s fun watching dear; they are so graceful and lovely, especially in snow.