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It looked promising when I took Samantha out last night well past midnight… the wind was howling high up in the mountains, and big snowflakes were softly falling to the ground and clinging to the trees. She’s a twelve year old Lab-Chow mix, and she was excited. It rarely snows here, and she seemed rejuvenated by it, running and frolicking in the driveway and in the secret garden, pushing her nose through the snow. I watched for a short while and took a few shots of the falling snow in the dark, then brought her back in and went to bed…
…fully expecting to wake up this morning to a rare, major snowfall here. Only it didn’t happen. Our local news had hyped this up like it was going to be huge, predicting a foot of snow for our area, and total blizzard conditions… spurring crowds of people to run to the grocery stores, the DOT to begin salting the roads early yesterday, and everyone talking about this big storm.. The major snowfall turned out to be around an inch, and it was already mostly gone in sunny spots by the time I got up this morning. Snow remains in the woods in shady areas, but it was barely enough to fully cover the ground. Maybe someone else got a huge snow? It sure wasn’t us.
Today, the sky is blue and the sun is shining, and although it is very cold, the snow is fast disappearing in the spots warmed by the direct sunlight. Now, I don’t enjoy bitter cold, windchills in the teens, howling winds, ice and blizzard conditions.. but I must admit, I was a little disappointed to get up today and see not exactly a winter wonderland. Oh well.. maybe next time. :)
Awwww. But I have to laugh. We’ve had predictions like that and suffered a huge disappointment. Last February 1st, Charlotte had snow predictions and the schools closed before the first snowflake hit the ground and the city shut down. For 1/2 inch of snow that melted by 10am. HA!
it’s the same way here Mary, snow predictions cause panic.. and everything shuts down, just in -anticipation- of snow.. lol
The little bit we got resulted in school closings today and tomorrow, so the “storm” did extend the kid’s Christmas holiday by a couple of days, so they were happy. :)
I’m still kind of hoping to see a real snowfall sometime before spring :)
I wish I could send you some of ours! haha:-) we are having WAY too much snow this winter, and I am sick of it. It is pretty I guess if you dont see toooo much of it.
Hi Emily218,
We don’t get much at all here, so it’s always a big deal if it’s in the forecast. You can send me a -little-, but I don’t want too much of it! lol
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