More SNOW and ICE!

We woke up this morning to about an inch of snow on the ground, and snow still falling. At times the flakes were really big. Since the temperature is close to freezing, the snow is very wet and heavy. The pine trees are showing the impact of the snow. As expected in Arkansas, an inch of snow - plus the prediction of more - has shut down schools, meetings and multiple businesses. We didn't try to drive to the fitness center this morning; we knew the roads would be slippery. Plus the fitness center opened at 10 am (usual time is 6 am) and decided to close at 12 pm due to bad roads and continued snow.

So we went for a short walk over to the 4th hole of the Isabella Santa Maria golf course. The view was beautiful.Sam really enjoyed playing in the snow. Here he is jumping around. We didn't get a shot of him rolling in the snow - which he did several times; he really had fun.Here's Rosie shoveling snow Arkansas style - with a broom. It works!The birds were really hungry. Mr. and Mrs. Bluebird are enjoying some peanut butter mixture from the log feeder.The view from the back deck was great. Here are some shots when the snow was falling pretty quickly and the flakes were big.As I mentioned, the wet/heavy snow really clung to the pine trees. We've already had at least one broken tree limb in the backyard.With cold temperatures predicted for tonight, a lot of this will re-freeze and be slippery for tomorrow. Oh well - so much for the sunny south (and global warming).