It hasn’t snowed this much for over a hundred years! What a beautiful sight. When it snows down here we folks get excited!!
Sadie wasn’t too happy about it at first. Looking at me like:”What the heck is this mom??”
She looks so forlorn in this picture.
But she finally got used to it and enjoyed exploring the white wonderland while we hunted for wildlife tracks in the snow.
On a side note, doesn’t the Little Bluestem grass, (which is auburn right now) look stunning next to the white of the snow?
The cool air even put a little pep in her step.
Bluebirds were so shocked they came to the feeder and snacked on some peanuts. They rarely feed at the bird feeders since they usually snack on berries or insects. But I guess peanuts were an easier source of energy.
After a couple of hours it really started piling up… well, as much as piling up down here means. Up north piling up means 6+ inches, and they’re laughing at us right now. But it was enough to start bending down tree branches and piling up on the patio and get us to start losing our minds.
There was some serious blue ice forming too! This is very rare ice. Only shows up once in a 1000 years. 😉
The veggie garden looked so pretty even though I don’t have much growing there this year. The soil is off, and I need to send in a sample to get tested to see what needs fixing. I know the tests will reveal that the ph is too high, but I am interested in what else is causing the stunted growth.
The veggie garden roof looks really good from the top. I’ve been using the sunny days staining all the posts again. They were starting to look ratty. The cool winter temps are perfect for climbing up the ladder and getting splattered by stain. It’s been taking some time and I have yet to finish. Now I’ll have to wait for several days for things to dry up a bit. That’s OK by me! I am not enjoying the chore that much. 😏
I really love the snow outlining all the fencing.
The pond won’t freeze thank goodness…. The little fishes and tadpoles in it are cold though. Not much action happening in there right now.
It’s a bit nippy to be sitting on the patio, but what a view! Just 8 hours earlier we had brown drab grass to look at.
The front driveway looked just as amazing. Tree limbs weighed down by wet snow. Why does everything look so much prettier with a dusting of snow?
Thankfully I turned the fountains off or else this would have been an icy mess.
While I was wandering around taking pictures Dick was busy cleaning the driveway. Ten years ago he promised that he would shovel the 300 foot driveway if it ever snowed. So here he is at last doing as he promised – with a makeshift snow shovel, hurrying before it all melts. 😂
The solar panels weren’t producing that much energy, considering the cloud cover and the fact that they were covered in snow. But surprisingly they actually did put out a little bit. That all ended after 2 inches were done falling on them.
Good old Texas under 2 inches of snow. It didn’t last long but gave us a much needed diversion and some happy exploring.
