Those of you who are blessed with snow every year can't imagine how excited Georgians get when we hear that snow is on the way! I prepared early in the week and made sure I had all the necessities on hand, so by Thursday, I was just doing a final load of laundry, making sure I'd gotten a nice hot shower in, and settled in to wait on the weather. When I woke up on Friday, I looked out through my bedroom window and didn't spot anything at first. Then I went downstairs and opened the front door to find it was snowing and had covered the driveway, and from the second floor (and without my glasses on), that snow blended with the driveway. It snowed steadily for several hours, and while I forgot to measure it, I'd say I got a good three or four inches of snow.
I was curious to see whether my teacup rain chain had collected any snow, but it was mostly just icy by midmorning when I went outside.
The color was definitely more pronounced in the snow, though!
I wandered around for a bit to capture a few photos of things like this mahonia bush, but the frigid temperatures and sleet soon had me headed back inside.
I was headed upstairs to work on organizing my craft room, and I decided that was a good time to test drive the new Lily Pulitzer tumbler I received from my friend Deberah for Christmas. The lid was perfect for keeping me from sloshing tea around amongst the crafting papers, and the tumbler kept that tea hot for hours!
I also tried scoring my latest loaf of sourdough bread in a snowflake pattern. It sort of resembled a snowflake, I suppose, but I need to go light on the flour next time so the scoring pattern will be more pronounced. Still, I was grateful for the beautiful snow and especially grateful that I had electricity and running water the whole time! So who else got snow over the weekend?
We got snow too, and my driveway is still covered in it. I’ve enjoyed the three days at home but I’m ready for it to melt today.
ReplyDeleteVery nice photos of your snowy yard, especially the mahonia with the yellow buds!
ReplyDeleteHere in DC we had about 3 inches of snow overnight on Friday, but that was on top of the 7+ inches we got on Monday! It's been cold all week, usually not above freezing, so we haven't had much melting until yesterday. But it's still very white here, and not all the sidewalks are cleared. So some more melting would be appreciated!