Valentine's Day Eagle and Snow

Greg and I were able to just relax around the house today on this Presidents' Day holiday. Sure is nice to have extra days off from work. Last week on Valentine's Day, it began to snow really hard with these large fluffy snowflakes.

 I sure enjoy watching it snow!

Driving on the other hand can be a bit dicey.

 As I turned slowly onto our street, I could see that the local eagle was sitting atop a light pole.

 He looked so majestic as he scanned the streets and skies from his perch.

When Greg got home, I begged him to go take some pictures of the eagle.

It wasn't snowing as hard by then but coming down at a pretty good pace.

He managed to get close enough to take a few photos before trudging back through the nearly six inches of fresh snow.

Hope Greg enjoyed today's holiday off because he doesn't get another until the end of May!

I, on the other hand, leave two weeks from today for Spring Break in the South!

School Snow Day!

Today our schools were closed due to some really nasty road conditions. We got about four inches of snow Saturday night. Greg was not pleased to see more snow but he was able to get the drive and sidewalks shoveled yesterday afternoon. It was light and fluffy snow which made shoveling a bit easier. Our temperature warmed up a bit overnight and produced some freezing rain. It continued to get warmer during the daytime which led to a mix of snow and rain this afternoon.
 These temperatures are quite a bit different from last week where our lows were 0 and below.

 We also experienced several days of freezing fog.

 When this happens, it makes for a wintry wonderland.

 The trees look beautiful.

 If you are driving or walking in freezing fog, it looks like it is raining diamonds or glitter.

 One afternoon I was lucky enough to catch the sun shining on some trees in our front yard.

With the gorgeous clear blue sky as a background, I snapped a few pictures.

This fluffy accumulation from the freezing fog doesn't last too long as just a bit of wind will send it floating away.

 If it is really cold and there are no breezes, it will sometimes stick around for a day or so.

As I look out the window, I see that the mix has changed over to just snow.
 Should make for interesting driving and walking tomorrow!