Snow: Dodging a Bullet
Notice anything unusual about the following photo, which was taken from our backyard this morning?
If you're not familiar with West Texas, you might be tempted to state the obvious. "Why, there's snow. It doesn't snow in Midland!" But that would be wrong, because snow is not an uncommon occurrence, even as early as Thanksgiving.
No, what's unusual is to see such heavy snowfall on deciduous trees like the pecan trees shown here. Normally, we'd have a killing freeze that would cause the trees to drop their leaves before the first snowfall.
Fortunately for us, the snow was dry and the temperatures warm enough that most limbs were not overly burdened. I've seen no damage to trees in our neighborhood, and after January's destructive ice storm, we're plenty relieved by that small blessing.
It's easier to enjoy the beauty of nature when you're not worried that it will be accompanied by violence.
Well, I know you guys have been short on rain this year, so I hope you get your wish. Any precip is good precip (unless it's ice and then all goodness goes away).
Posted by: Eric at November 25, 2007 06:25 PMSeems like we should have done some post freeze trimming at our house, though. Hopefully everything's okay!
Posted by: Janie at November 25, 2007 08:32 PMVery pretty!
Posted by: Rach at November 26, 2007 03:41 AM"...because snow is not an uncommon occurrence, even as early as Thanksgiving."
Oh, and don't forget Easter! This past April, the boys and I spent our spring break in Midland. Our flight in from Houston was delayed about an hour and a half because of ICE ON THE RUNWAY in Midland.
We got a little bit of snow up here, but not as much as you guys! What I don't think I'll ever get used to, though, is when snow falls up here, it sticks around for six weeks or more. I never thought I'd actually own a snow shovel. Bah.
Posted by: Tricia at November 26, 2007 07:52 AMTricia, we were in Fredericksburg, staying at a 100+ year old B&B 10 miles out of town, when the big Easter ice storm came through. It was quite a mess.
The old saying about fish and visitors can also apply to snow.
Posted by: Eric at November 26, 2007 08:34 AMI loved the snowfall! Having more experience with snow than most Midlanders, I really appreciated the particular conditions that allowed abundant snowfall, but minimum inconvenience. It remained just warm enough to create great packing material for snowballs and persons-of-snow ... although wet packing snow is also heavy, and it did bring down a few branches in the neighborhood. The warmth also kept our roads and sidewalks clear, though damp, and there was absolutely no trouble getting to church, Sunday morning.
Posted by: Jeff at November 26, 2007 12:16 PMWow! That's more than we've had so far. What strange weather this year. 78 and sunny one day and 28 and spitting ice the next.
Posted by: gwynne at November 27, 2007 01:35 PMAbout the publisher
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Oooh! Pretty! I want some! :)
It was cold and overcast today, but no snow. Might rain tomorrow though - so I guess that's a step in the right direction.
Posted by: beth at November 25, 2007 05:14 PM