A Magical Snowfall for The Record Books

Hello again!  We're having quite the winter, huh?  Here in North Carolina, we got record snowfall on January 31st.  Our coastal towns had the most snow they've gotten since 1989 -- almost 40 years ago.  Our town received 8 to 10 inches, but the nearby town of Lexington got 16 inches of snow on Saturday.  The town of Wilmington, North Carolina, on the coast got almost 18 inches of snow.  The town that had the most snowfall is Faust, North Carolina, which is part of the Asheville Metropolitan area.  Faust received 22.5 inches of snow!  Where we live, it snowed continuously for about 24 hours.  It really was beautiful!  Our meteorologist said we rarely get a snow like this -- soft and powdery with no ice, which is a good thing because we already had ice on the ground from the winter storm Fern.    

  

I took these pictures from our front porch early afternoon on Saturday.   

   It felt like we were in a snow globe -- just beautiful!   

I couldn't resist taking a picture of the snow on our doormat; it reminds me of the wrought iron gates in Charleston.          

The view out back...  

This picture was taken later in the afternoon when the snow had accumulated on the tree branches.    

   I took these two pics the next morning after the snow had stopped.  I love to see the shadows on the snow.   

Today, Wednesday, the snow is still out there.  We have several melted patches in the front, but the back yard is the same, except for lots of animal tracks to and from the woods. :)  We've always heard that when the snow lies on the ground for three days or more, it's waiting for more.  What do you think?     Did you get snow over the weekend, too?  Thank you for stopping by today and have a wonderful week wherever you may be.