49 out of 50

Forty-nine out of fifty states had traces of snow to many feet of snow on the ground Friday, February 12, 2010. Here in Bedford, Texas - nine inches, a record since 1889, the dawn of recordkeeping. Only Hawaii was the place to be with palm trees swaying and surfers hanging ten.

Snow laden branch

bends -

ice skater's bow

Hard to believe it will be 103 degrees in five months or so.

Power outage for twenty hours. The house is so still. No hums, no nothing. It's tricky to write while wearing gloves.

Powerless house -

silent vigilance

snow globe world

Pioneer tactics.

Quite a memorable snow event.

Blizzard Blog

It began on Friday and snowed on through Saturday. Here are blizzard pictures in Delaware, courtesy of my sister. (Thanks, Lori)

Not going to get far without being plowed. Drifts up to 20+ inches. Wet, heavy, chunky snow. I'm sure the Eskimos have a special word for it.

Here's a poem I wrote:

Blizzard

swirls and drifts

covers mall lots

halting shoppers slide

into debt

Sunday - sunny blue skies, an aching back, and the promise of no school/work (for teachers) tomorrow.

Stiff by Joanne Faries

Frankenstein boot crunch

breaks silent

snow day
winter's lacy wisps

tickle lashes

eyes squint as

icicles drip in

winter sun

evergreen leans

branches creak

one step

No snow day in Texas. Throw a snowball for me in PA and DE!