Snow Day!

Here are some obligatory photos of last Tuesday's winter weather event. 

We got about three inches of snow in my part of Midtown, which is as much accumulation as I've seen from a single snowfall in my 50-plus years of living in Houston. Other parts of town got even more.

On one hand, I find freshly-fallen snow to be very visually appealing and am loathe to step in it or disturb it in any way. On the other hand, few things are as pleasant as the sound of snow scrunching under one's shoe. (I also recognize I might not have the same feelings about snow if I lived someplace where it was commonplace; I have a lot of acquaintances from places up north who can't wait for the winter to end and the snow to disappear.)

Between the lack of traffic noise and the snow's sound-absorbent properties, it was eerily quiet as I walked around the streets of my neighborhood.

There were a handful of motorists who decided to ignore the warnings and drive in the slushy streets, but I certainly wasn't one of them. I normally work from home on Tuesdays to begin with, so not being able to travel to the office posed no disruption to me. 

At least a few people in my neighborhood made snowmen or snow angels, and a younger version of myself would have probably done the same. At my age, however, I was content just to walk around and take in the sights. The snow was a very beautiful treat, and one that probably won't occur again here for awhile.