White Christmas in Greensboro

The snow started Christmas morning, but it was several hours later before it began to stick.  The photo above was taken right before dusk.

This is the same vantage at about 7:40AM on Boxing Day.  We are cozy inside with plenty of food and can appreciate just how beautiful it is out there.

SNOW!

Look at this!  Our first snowfall in North Carolina.  It wasn't supposed to stick, but it's still coming down and it's definitely sticking.  Christmas cookies are on the schedule this weekend and the snow will put me even more in the holiday mood.

Update at 4:00 PM

Winter storm: North Carolina

I opened the side door long enough to take this photo. The winter storm is upon us. Thank goodness school was dismissed three hours early today. We are snug and dry inside our wee house so we can enjoy the beauty of the snowfall. I wonder if it will last a week so our Christmas will be white? Happy holidays to all.

Snow day...but not really

Yes, you are looking at photos of Greensboro, North Carolina taken this morning. It's a snow day for most of the Triad. Even UNC-Greensboro is closed and my husband has a snow day! Since this is my first year with the school corporation, however, I have no vacation days to use, so I slogged into work this morning--optional teacher workday. Snow driving down here is terrible because they apparently only have one or two snow plows and we got a layer of ice before the snow started. So it's me and the janitor and the principal and maybe one or two others here at school. At least it's pretty. Enjoy some of the scenes I captured this morning.

The maple tree in our backyard.

My Adirondack chair.

Trees in our backyard and our back neighbor's less-than-attractive shed.

Some trees in our next door neighbor, Bob's yard.