Weather: low 30 degrees, high 34 degrees, snow
We were expecting the snow to start late last night. When a little shower passed over about 2300 hours, I thought we would be covered by snow when we got up this morning. Not to be, because the snow didn't start until about 0600 hours this morning. When it did start, the snow was heavy and continued all day and into the night. To our uneducated eyes, it appears as though we received about four inches of the white stuff. This picture was taken about mid-morning, and shows about two inches of snow on the truck. As this post is being written Tuesday night, it's still coming down, but lightly.
This next picture shows a field nearby, about noon time. If you look closely, you can see the snow flakes in the air.
I know most of the readers have probably seen more snow than they wanted this winter, but we're still like kids, getting excited about seeing something that we never saw when we were much younger.
With the snow and the chance of bad road conditions, we stayed at home. Sometimes we need to have a stay at home day forced on us so we get some rest. The snow day helped us take care of some record keeping and bill paying. Our mail caught up with us here, so today was a good day for going through that and taking care of business generated by the mail. And, there was still time for reading, watching TV, surfing the Internet, meditating.... Now that I think of it, this was a great day for us, snow and all.
When I was working, there were several instances where winter storms caused real disruptions in people going to work or to school. The funny thing about all that bad weather was that I never missed a day of work because of bad weather. I always managed to get to work, and never felt I was placing myself in danger. In fact, I have been at work when bad weather struck, and had to work another 12-hour shift because people couldn't get in to relieve us. Now, here I am retired, and we're staying at home because we don't have any urgency to be anywhere. It's nice to not have to go out.
More later, be safe.
Today's Town - Orange, Texas: The Fruit
Not all who wander are lost.
2 comments:
Can't wait to join you guys on a snow day of our own.
Many times when we were still working, we thought our turn to wander would never come. Well, our time came, and it's better than we thought it would be.
Enjoy your time on the road.
Jerald
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