Snowman!
February 24, 2010
Or, according to my kids, a snowboy.
I was talking to Susan on the phone yesterday when the kids arrived home from school. She jokingly asked if Texas snow was different from CT snow.
Well, for one thing my daughter is outside playing in it wearing a skirt and MaryJanes, I answered.
Later on in the day as I was driving out of our neighborhood I realized that every single house where a child lived had a snowman out front. All of them in the middle of a snowless area of the yard, covered in dead grass. It is supposed to be in the mid 50’s today. I suspect by the end of the day there will be puddles with rocks, carrots, hats and scarves in every single lawn. It was fun while it lasted.
That is the best thing about Texas snow, it doesn’t stick around long enough for you to get sick of it. It doesn’t ask for any special accomodations from you. It leaves you happy, wishing for more.
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We had a foot of snow in DFW last week. We had a huge snowman out front. Two days later, it was gone. It was so funny the number of carrots I tripped over while I was running that week!
February 24th, 2010 at 2:48 pmI live somewhere that gets tons of snow at a time. It can be hard to manage. A friend of mine now lives in WV and they had some snow that disappeared quickly. She called it “polite snow”.
February 24th, 2010 at 3:30 pmEverything’s better in Texas! You’re sounding Texan already!
February 24th, 2010 at 4:02 pmWe all turn into little kids when it snows here. Sadly, it didn’t reach my house. Also, I know you hear this all the time but you take such wonderful pictures. I really enjoy them. I love how your kids seem to have such joy in their faces all the time. You’ve done a wonderful job.
February 24th, 2010 at 4:28 pmMy friend from Dallas called me today to chat and laughed when I told her it was snowing again today in ChicagoLand. Texans are mean!! Especially, NouveauTexans!
February 24th, 2010 at 5:59 pmWatch out for those Texas bunnies. I hear they run rampant on snowman-nose-melting days.
February 24th, 2010 at 6:00 pmAfter going most of the winter with no snow up here in CT, we are getting blasted this week with 16″ yesterday and another foot or so on Friday. This, when our kids were supposed to go back to school after a week of February vacation…Don’t you miss this?
February 24th, 2010 at 6:11 pmGreetings from Canada. The play side of snow is fantastic, but, like you, I too would like snow “that doesn’t stick around long enough for you to get sick of it.” Well said!
February 24th, 2010 at 6:48 pmI will send you some of ours. 2 days down an maybe another two to go. it relly was not very much snow (9″)over 2 days but i am at the point in winter that any is too much.
enjoy the texas snow. send us some warm sunshine
February 24th, 2010 at 8:34 pmWhereas Minnesota snow leaves you ground down and filthy and sliding around and… well, probably a lot like Connecticut snow, actually.
Spring is gonna be GREAT.
February 24th, 2010 at 9:39 pmLong time lurker here. I’m in the middle of catching up on your archives.–Enjoying them so much!
One of our favorite memories was getting to see snow in West Texas. I agree with you about being left wishing for more.
February 25th, 2010 at 4:58 amI thought immediately of you and your “special” neighbor last night when we saw a few minutes of a show called “The Middle” with Patricia Heaton. They had a neighbor so like your description, I think the scriptwriters were canvassing your neighborhood!
February 25th, 2010 at 7:37 amOoh, I found a video clip of it on Youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaLy5DTxwxI
February 25th, 2010 at 7:39 amvery true
February 25th, 2010 at 9:05 ama snow boy!!!!
ahahahahahahaahah!
That is great!
February 25th, 2010 at 9:05 amThat’s what I want on my tombstone…”Left us happy - wishing for more!”
Love this post — I’ll never forget our years in Texas - fun fun times!
February 25th, 2010 at 12:28 pmAs someone who recently moved back to Oklahoma from Minnesota, I agree and will elaborate by saying “Amen and praise the Lord” because no one here knows how to drive on it.
February 25th, 2010 at 2:23 pmIt blows my mind that there is snow in Texas and none in Vancouver where we are trucking in snow for the Olympics. The hell, global warming?
(Your kids keep getting cuter and cuter, Chris)
February 25th, 2010 at 9:05 pmI’m in Mississippi. That’s the same way our snow is… but it mixes with the mud and makes for a messy day or two.
February 26th, 2010 at 11:39 amLove these photos. I live in Washington state, and while last year was our snowmageddon, this winter we’ve gotten *maybe* 6 inches. At least 1.5″ of those 6″ fell on Wednesday morning, and by Wednesday afternoon, there was a snowman that looks much like the one above, and a bare yard across the street. So cute!
Hope you feel better soon.
February 26th, 2010 at 7:31 pmThat’s nice that those kids living in Texas get to make a snowman, since it’s such a rare occurrence.
March 1st, 2010 at 11:50 am