This is nothing compared to the snow in the colder parts of the country, but it was a big deal for New Roads. We were not there when it snowed, but a neighbor sent me these pictures. A true winter wonderland for those parts. Here in Thibodaux, we had a light snow, which did not stick.
The top picture shows the back of our house, and the lower picture shows the back pasture. The pictures are blurred because I enlarged them.
UPDATE: I should have noted that these pictures were taken a couple of weeks ago, back when I was moaning about having no power.
I'm getting all sorts of snow pictures from family and friends in Louisiana. Odd, since here in Kentucky, we have no snow. Of course, it was 2 below zero on the drive in to work this morning....
ReplyDeleteDebbie, I added an update noting that the pictures were taken a couple of weeks ago.
ReplyDelete2 below!!! Brrr. It's cold here, too, but it will warm up for Christmas, so they say.
We has a terrible storm yesterday, and it is bitter cold today. Ouch.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, I want to let you know that I've dubbed you a Serious Scribbler, passing along the award. Do with it as you will! Blessed Christmas...
Tobias, thank you. I am honored. May I accept the award without passing it along? I simply cannot choose from amongst the wonderful blogs that I read.
ReplyDeleteMay you and James have a Blessed and Merry Christmas.
I do understand, Mimi. I do not think this is like a chain letter -- or at least I hope not! God bless and have a beautiful Christmas. I hope you'll have some good Louisiana cooking to keep you warm. Right now I'm contemplating making a big pot of miso soup with noodles, to welcome James in from the cold... I was able to work at home today, but he had to venture out. I'll share your greeting over steaming bowls of noodles!
ReplyDeleteTobias, sorry about the bitter cold. The soup idea sounds wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI'm relieved to know that no terrible catastrophe will befall me, if I don't pass the award on.
That's beautiful Grandmère Mimi. We got a little dusting of snow here just south of Houston just a few days ago. Pretty exciting for us.
ReplyDeleteSome, I think, are having an extra cold winter this year.
We would like a bit of snow--- quit hogging it all you people with inches and feet of the white stuff. We took the 3 year old and the 10 year old up the mountain to the xcountry ski area that the HS ski team has carved out for practice. It was great fun.
ReplyDeleteLindy, it is exciting when we get our little bits of snow. I wish the picture was better and that it could be enlarged, because that's an old cistern on the side of the house that I'd like you to be able to see better.
ReplyDeleteAnn, still no snow? I'd love to see the three year old on skis.
I'd love to get just that amount of snow. I'm a bit jaded about winter already.
ReplyDeleteRuth, I know what you mean. Even with our mild winters, I'm ready to see spring. I don't like cold weather. It's 41 degrees here now, and that's cold to me.
ReplyDeleteBrrrr - it's below freezing here, significantly below, which is rare for these parts. No snow, though.
ReplyDeleteI am glad we had our family gathering a few weekends ago when my brother and his partner were in the U.S. There would have been a lot of being stuck in airports and travel troubles had we been traveling this week. My parents are toasty warm in their retirement community apartment, thank Godde, and don't have to go out, though they are thinking of venturing out on Christmas.
Thanks for the photos! And congratulations on the well deserved award.
Grandmere --Dang! We have had no snow here at all--it's been cold, and then hot (like 68 degrees), and then cold again.... but NO SNOW!
ReplyDeleteSo, did you teach any one to make snow angels???
Margaret, we were not there. Here in Thibodaux, it had been raining, and the snow did not stick.
ReplyDeleteOn Christmas Day in 2004, it snowed here, but not enough to make snow angels. New Orleans had more snow than we did. Some folks think the Christmas snow was a portent of Katrina the following year. They never want to see a white Christmas again.
41? Yes, I can accept intellectually that 41 would feel cold to someone in the South. But emotionally? 'Fraid not. Yesterday, Smokey and I were accidentally locked outside in early morning wind chills of 28 below (real temp 5 below plus 30 mph winds), and it took 15 minutes to wake Michael to let us in. That was COLD . . . and largely responsible for my current state of winter grumpiness.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope we both get relatively milder winters the rest of the way. :-)
I just got back from a lovely commute out to Long Island in a winter wonderland. The Nassau County bus to the college was more than 30 minutes late, as I stood there in the blowing cold (in the teens with an even lower wind chill). Walking was very exciting over snow that had partially melted and then refrozen into a hard slippery glaze.
ReplyDeleteI spent some frightful winters in the Midwest when I was in my early 20s. I remember falling down on the ice all the time, and getting up with a few bruises at worst. I don't want to find out how I'd fare in the same situation at age 50.
I remember slipping on black ice in my driveway in Michigan. I ended up underneath the rear of my car, and a friend who was with me couldn't stop laughing.
ReplyDeleteThe funny part was when she fell also.
Ruth and Counterlight, my sympathy. Look at it this way: all that cold weather toughens you up.
ReplyDeleteAh, yes, David. The black ice. That's dangerous stuff, because it's deceptive. I learned to watch out for it for it when I was in freezing weather in other places.
I'd be more than happy to share a foot or so.
ReplyDeleteSnow South of Houston and in South Louisiana aint fittin'.