We are enjoying the first and probably only snowfall down hear in North Carolina for the 2008/2009 winter! Yes... You heard me - WE have SNOW in Smithfield, NC. On Tuesday, January 20, 2009, we had a "dumping" of 5 inches of snow.The world came to a screeching halt hear in the "south!"
Schools closed for both Tuesday and Wed. because the roads were hazardous to drive on. Lots of businesses were either closed on Tuesday or closed early with some opening late on Wed. The roads were earily silent and devoid of traffic for the most part. They definitely do not know how to clear the roads of ice or snow. By late afternoon on Tuesday, the Governor of North Carolina declared a "State of Emergency."
Now the fun part was going outside to play in the snow. Gabriel and I enjoyed playing catch for a while. But then he lost his tennis ball in the snow and I couldn't find it either - yep, we had enough snow to cover his tennis ball. It really was a lot of fun watching everyone's reaction to the snow.
The snow was still on the ground today and with the sun shining it was a beautiful day. I pulled out my new camera and it the road i
n search of snow photos. It was interesting driving and did find myself on some roads that were very icy. Then there were some VERY SLOW moving vehicles that I was stuck behind but since I was looking for interesting photography subjects I didn't mind.In downtown Smithfield, I enjoyed walking along the Neuse River photographing the snow covered trees. There was also lots of running water and ice to photograph. The scenery by the river was beautiful. It was also lots of fun watching kids with sleds run down the path looking for a hill to go sledding on.
Finally, I decided to make my way home. When I got home I decided that I wanted to make a small snowman so I started with my small snowball rolling it in the snow until it started to grow. Once I had a snowball about the size of a soccer ball I decided it was a good size for the base of my small snowman.
Then I started on the second tier with this snowball being slightly larger than a softball. Of course, I had to have eyes and arms so I went for a scavenger hunt in the garage where I found some of my golf tees. I tried to find two matching blue golf balls for eyes but only had one so I decided to just use the golf tees.
The finished snowman actually looked kind of cute. So I decided I had to take a photo of my handy work. I
managed to take one photo just before Gabriel decided that the Snowman's head looked like a fun ball to play with leading to the BEHEADING of my snowman. Alas, my snowman didn't last much longer than a few minutes. I put his head back on but Gabriel beheaded him a second time in less than a few seconds. Before I knew it Gabriel was eating the snowman and having a great time pouncing in the snow. You would think he was a cat the way he was playing.All-in-all, we have had lots of fun with the snow!
By tomorrow afternoon I expect all the snow to be gone. It was fun while it lasted...
