Friday, February 4, 2011

A Dusting of Snow for Central Texas

Last night we had a tiny little dusting of snow. It is just enough to make things pretty, but not so bad as to cause many problems. You know many folks in central Texas don't know how to act in snow. The G-man & I went to a little breakfast place (Maxine's on Main) this morning and saw where a Suburban had slid down one of our hills & into a tree. Just a minor problem for the driver... no one was injured.


I think this was Gertie's first time to be in snow and she's almost 13 years old. It's been a long time since we had snow in central Texas although further east has had a good bit the last couple of years. There is more humidity along the coast which caused a big snowfall there a couple of years ago. Then we were in a huge drought so we missed out on rain & snow.

North Texas is no stranger to snow. Snow falls every year from Dallas to Lubbock & north into the Panhandle. The G-man's sister called on the 2nd to wish him a happy birthday & told us about the zero degree temperatures & snow they were experiencing. Brrr!

Below are some photos from around the area taken this morning.


Bend on the Colorado River

Family playing in snow


Along the Colorado

Ninth Green at Pine Forest Golf Club (above & below)



Up river along the Colorado


12 comments:

steven said...

lizzy it looks like home- only warmer!!! snuggle under your covers tonight!!! steven

Jo said...

Absolutely breathtaking photos, Cheryl!

I love the white of the snow upon the still green landscape. It's white upon gray and sepia here.

Gertie is looking chic in her little sweater...what a cutie.

Thanks for taking us out with you today and reminding us that snow doesn't have to be two feet deep to take our breath away!

Jo said...

Absolutely breathtaking photos, Cheryl!

I love the white snow upon the still green landscape. Here in Missouri it's white on gray and darker gray.

Gertie looks fetching (no pun intended) in her little sweater...what a cutie!

Thanks for taking us on a beautiful walk outside today.

Anonymous said...

Gertie looks sweet! It's about 11C here today, wet and windy but quite mild. I wonder if we'll get more snow this year. Snowdrops are out and various shrubs etc have buds. Weather extremes worldwide seem worryingly commonplace.

Folkways Note Book said...

Lizzy -- Love your header photo and your sweet Gertie photo. Nice that you didn't get the big pile of snow that I thought Texas was receiving -- I guess it was on the east side. also, you didn't get those horrible low temperatures. I rode through the panhadle of Texas one year long ago and it was scary with ice. I guess the northern part of Texas gets the worst of the winter weather. -- barbara

Anonymous said...

Yeah! Snow in Texas! I enjoy snow. Now that I'm back up north in NYC it's everywhere. The first snowfall of the season is always nice, but a few days after (and until the Spring thaw), it's black and splattered with the color of dog pee. I always find it interesting that something so cumbersome as snow reveals so much about us in our daily lives that we ordinarily wouldn't see otherwise.

Val said...

oh i love Gertie's jersey, and that bend on the Colorado River. What awesome pictures! thank you

Angela said...

The only time I saw Texas was in summer, and that was El Paso and Dallas which both were very hot! So yes, interesting pictures! Lovely proud Gertie!
I bet you had a lot of excitement with the Super Bowl!

karen said...

Gertie is so gorgeous! Beautiful snow pics, too.. I loved all the photographic trips - especially The Window,and the desert grave..

Tess Kincaid said...

Stunning photos, Cheryl!

Unknown said...

Gertie is a little love, isn't she? Your snow pictures are beautiful. Sorry I'm so late getting here to post. I'm glad i came by. The Colorado River is so gracefully flowing. Thanks for sharing, Cheryl. =D

Natalie said...

Gorgeous pics!Love them all. :)
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