Last night it snowed. And it is cold this morning. As for the white stuff...there was barely a dusting. On checking my Facebook friends' postings I understand that quite a few of our local kids were disappointed that there wasn't more so they could enjoy a snow day at home. I checked the area school closings and some students are having the day off. As with so many things here in the Ozarks, it just depends on where you live.
But, back to snow, which is the topic of this piece. Last year we had more than enough of the white stuff. The picture above was taken in the midst of our long, long winter that stretched from the first part of December to almost March. Snow came at regular intervals and cold matched any we had ever had. There was much talk of just how bad the winter of 2013-14 was.
And now we have nearly the opposite. We get teased with warm breezes from the south that bring our temperature up to the mid 50's and close to 60. This weekend's forecast is for sunny and spring-like temperature. I don't know about you but I'm going to go out and enjoy it regardless of the fact that we are just now in February.
All things must come with a word of caution. I remember a snow in March that painted a line of snow from Branson to just east of Gainesville and extended on down into Baxter County in Arkansas. I measured 22" in my backyard. It broke my clothesline pole in half with the weight of wet heavy snow. Some chicken houses and barns and other structures collapsed under the weight of the snow. It lasted four days. Andy was up in Columbia at a meeting that week and I was home alone. He told me that it was very nice up there. He could walk around in his shirtsleeves.
And just a few years ago we had snow on the first day of spring. I took several pictures of snow covered vehicles in town and snow on my jonquils here at the farm.
Winter is not done with us yet. School kids will keep on doing snow dances on the nights the weatherman talks about snow possibilities for the area. People who have to get up and go to work early in the morning will leave some extra time in case the roads are bad. And night workers might opt to stay put until they can get home over icy streets and highways.
Beware. A snow storm still lurks on the horizon. So go out and enjoy this mid-winter break while it lasts.
we have had approx. 100 inches of snow since nov. 1st. about 60 in. of it in the last two weeks. i am recovering from a pretty bad bout of the flu (sickest i've ever been) so i haven't had to lift a finger to shovel. thank God for a healthy husband! it has been so cold the last six weeks that when we have a day that gets up near 30 we think its spring like!
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