Well, the snow did come overnight, starting sometime after midnight and being done by 5 a.m. (I got up and peeked out the windows about then.) The photo above is our street heading south, as we drove to church this morning. Because the temperature never dropped below 34, the snow started melting as soon as it hit. We had about 3 inches, but by 2 p.m. in the sunshine, hardly a flake was left anywhere. The trees in flower--the Bradford Pears, the Saucer Magnolias (aka Tulip Trees) and some incipient redbuds--all seemed to take their snow dusting well.
This was the back yard about 9 a.m. Our lovely line of daffodils (seen on a better day last week in the photo below) were laid out flat. By 3 p.m. they had recovered a bit but they may not stand up straight again this season.
Before we go to bed at night, we have a conversation about what we'll have for breakfast the next day. Norm is usually the breakfast cook, and he likes to have something in mind before he goes to sleep. In the warm months, the choices are usually dry cereal, or waffles with fresh fruit, or eggs of some kind (usually boiled or scrambled). Winter choices are oatmeal, waffles with frozen fruit thawed out (blueberries are great), baked grits with cheese, biscuits and gravy, omelet, or baked eggs. Last night we agreed on oatmeal. With today's gloomy sky, decorative snow, and brisk north wind, it definitely WAS an oatmeal morning.
Note: I see from SiteMeter and the Comments that Our favorite Blogademic is back in Florida from the trip to Portland. Glad you made it. Sometimes a blog is just as good as one of those fancy GPS tracking chips!
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