Snow Day

I didn't really believe the predictions that we'd get much snow last week. I guess I have residual trauma from when I was a kid and winter storms would hit other parts of the state and somehow miss us. It was painful to get up early to watch the local news to see the long list of closed schools scroll across the bottom of the screen, only to see your school name sitting next to the word "OPEN."

So I woke up Friday morning and was a little surprised to see a thick blanket of snow covering our front yard. This is our birdbath, with about 10 inches of snow on it.



And the tall oak trees in the neighbor's yard, coated with snow:



We live in a hilly area, and our street always turns a bit treacherous during winter storms. So usually we try to avoid driving anywhere if we can, but I did get out early that morning and walked through the neighborhood to look at the snow before it got all trampled.

Walked by this fire hydrant, which hadn't had any yellow snow added to it yet by any passing dogs.



A few cars had gotten out, this is the view along Breckenridge Road.



And then I headed down to the neighborhood park, with its old playground equipment. It was kinda funny how the snow decided to take a slide down the slide.









And the diving board at the pool. Will have to remember this photo in a few months when it's a 103 degrees outside.



And I was probably being watched closely by the CCTVs (or the IcyTVs).







And then one last photo, of a small creek that flows through the neighborhood. The snow makes it look a lot prettier than it does the rest of the year:



While the hills make it hard to drive, they do make for some good sledding. The rest of the day was spent watching the kids sled, making an attempt at building a snowman, and then sitting inside in the heat (luckily it wasn't an ice storm and the power didn't go out).