Snow Day 2011

It's a snow day in Shreveport!  I dared fate and got into the car to go take a few pictures.  Here's the duck pond on East Kings Highway:

The ducks seemed to be enjoying it:

There weren't too many folks out:

So I went over to Centenary College to see what was happening over there:

Pretty quiet.  I walked over to the band shell; it's always neat looking when it snows:

But, all in all, it was pretty quiet there, too.

There weren't any die hards out at Querbes Golf Course, either:

There were lots of folks out driving around.  Everyone looked to be driving pretty carefully.  I stopped by McDonalds for the Teenager and into the grocery store for me and headed home.  I filled the bird feeder and the birds are swarming around it!

One thing about the snow...my Lab absolutely loves it.  I can hardly get him to come inside!

Now I'm going to make a cup of hazelnut coffee and settle in with my book.  Stay warm!

It's Cold in Iowa

Steve's niece sends these pictures from northern Iowa.  I can't even tell what some of those ARE!  I've got to say, when I look at these and then I look at what we close the entire city for down here for "inclement weather," well, good grief.

Anyway, I believe this must be her deck.  The chairs are a hint.

This must also be the deck and I'm just going by the rail, here.

The sidewalk?  Something is under that drift.  I have no idea what.

Pretty!

Gorgeous:

I'm running out of superlatives:

She tells me it was a windchill of -25 today.  Omigod.  Do people actually go to work in that?

Nebraska Snow Pictures

I asked faithful reader Trish to send me pictures of her Nebraska snow. WOW! Did she send pictures! This Louisiana girl has never seen so much snow! Just beautiful!


Thanks for sharing, Trish!

More Iowa Snow Pictures

Steve's family sends snow snapshots; the first two are in south central Iowa and the last one is Clear Lake. Now THAT'S some snow! In Clear Lake, they're running out of places to put the stuff; the snow blowers can't blow it over the drifts.




Related:
Spring in Louisiana, Winter in Iowa (Feb. 20, 2010)
More Iowa Snow Pictures (Jan. 7, 2010)
Snow (Jan. 4, 2010)

Spring in Louisiana, Winter in Iowa

Steve's sister writes from Iowa that they are expecting another 6 to 12 inches of snow today. This was the view from her window before the snow started today. This is what she looked outside and saw, and then thought, "Hey! I think we can get to the store today!"

I think it's beautiful but I know they are sick of it.

For my part, I dutifully mulched and bagged as many leaves as I could. I mowed (weeds mostly), edged, and fired up the blower. I replaced all the burned out light bulbs outside. I pruned a gardenia bush that didn't fare so well over winter.

The daffodils are showing color - they'll be blooming in a few days. My hydrangeas have tiny green leaves poking from the stems. Spring is coming!

Take heart, Sheryl! It will get to Iowa soon!

A Trip Around Town in the Snow

Shreveport in the snow:

The bayou along East Kings Highway was deserted this morning; usually the park is filled with kids but I guess they all stayed home this morning!


However, some intrepid souls had been out and built a couple of snow people. These are at the bayou which is also along the parade route, thus the beads. The snowman is holding a note with the names of their creators and the note proclaims them to be "Who Dat Snowmen." Their smiles are made from beer bottle caps.


The ducks aren't too happy with the snow, I don't think. None of them were in the water.


At Norton Art Gallery the scene was peaceful and majestic. There were a few neighborhood kids out playing in the open, snowy areas and a few small snowmen here and there, but mostly it was hushed and beautiful with only the sound of the streams and the snow crashing from the trees overhead.


This cat wasn't bothered by the cold as he stood keeping watch over the grounds at Norton.



Needless to say, Querbes golf course was deserted this morning, too. I'm sure some die hards would have been out there if the course had been open, though.


At Centenary College, the band shell was adorned in snow. The campus was pretty quiet. I walked around a little and saw a few students moving from one building to another; there were three girls playing by the band shell, one making snow angels on a hill. Other than that it was all very quiet.

Things are starting to melt now. There will be some snow still around through the day, especially in the shady areas. It's time for this to clear on out though because we have a parade tomorrow!

More photos here.

Snow Day

And we finally got snow here in Shreveport. This is no DC blizzard or Shenandoah Valley wonderland, but it's nice anyway.

I took the dogs out early and it was still trickling down a little; it had been heavier through the night. I ended up with about 4 or 5 inches here. My Boston Terrier was kind of afraid to go out in it; she's old and doesn't take change well. She eventually got brave when she saw the Lab go. He bounded out into the slush with the innocence of a puppy, ran circles in it, tossed snow up with his nose, and then tried to dig to see what was under it.

We're going up to 40 today so this won't last long. They closed schools today and I'm staying in until time to go check on mom this afternoon.

Snow day!

More Iowa Snow Pictures

Steve's sister sends more pictures of Iowa snow. This is in southern Iowa. It's hard to tell how deep it is in this picture, but you'll have to trust me when I tell you that this is a bench in front of her house which is normally a nice place to sit.

The other picture is of their house. I'm wondering who dug the trench from the house to the road?

It makes this picture she sent on Monday look like a little flurry! Light the fireplace, Sheryl, and open a good book! Looks like you're socked in for a while!

It's beautiful to me, but I know they are sick of it. Steve's niece sent a funny email in which she describes looking at the outdoor thermometer and notes it was 13 degrees. When her husband went outside, he said, "No way is it 13 degrees!" They checked again only to notice the negative sign in front of the 13.

They can have that! I'll keep my 30 degrees for right now!

Snow

It snowed at Steve's sister's house in Iowa.