The real deal

 

The Bible says, “Ask and ye shall receive”

 

We asked and we received….finally.

 

IT SNOWED ON SATURDAY!!!

In ALABAMA!

Sorry.  *regaining composure*

 

 

The last time we had an accumulation of snow, it was 1997, and our family looked like this:

 

The hubby and I had four-legged, furry “children” and I was wearing “mom” jeans.

 

Indulge me here, please. 

 

This was my kids first “big” snow.  Yes, I used the word BIG for 3” of snow.

No snickering from you folks in the North. 

The most excitement we get from weather in these parts is Spring tornadoes and Summer hurricanes.  We are encouraged by our local meteorologists to have a “weather plan” that involves a “safe place”. 

But every winter, we are occasionally teased with the “S” word.  Which usually involves a trip to the grocery store for bread and milk.  Seriously.  I guess everyone dines on bread sandwiches with a side of milk.  I have never understood it, but it’s the truth. 

Snow reports always get the kids get excited and then NOTHING happens.  Then you have to explain that meteorologists are human and make weather mistakes, and snow in the South is very rare.

However,  today I present you with the GRITS family blizzard snow pictures from 2009:

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And, for your viewing pleasure, I videotaped the making of their very first snow angels:

 

Snow Angels

 

(FYI- this video was taken in our first trip out at 7AM….the angels were actually covered up by the time we went back out at 11AM)

 

Thanks for indulging me….

 

We now return to our regularly scheduled weather.  Highs in the 70’s by the end of the week. 

Fall, it’s all over us

Yesterday was Columbus Day, the kids were out of school and we were not staying at the Casa de GRITS all day. We packed the scooters, our lunch and most importantly the camera and headed to a local park beside the river for a couple of fun-filled hours.

Boot Scooter Boogie:

We had a little lesson on the goodness of Honeysuckle, which is much better in the Spring:

My Fall arch-nemesis, Ragweed:

Sometimes if you wander off the beaten path, you might find a nice surprise:

The look of Fall is beginning to make its way to the South:

Psalms 19:1

“The heaven's declare the Glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”

Goodness Abounds

After sharing with you our backyard tragedy last week, I wanted to reassure my six readers that we do have a lot of good going on in the GRITS backyard. We do. Really.

Over the last few days I have been taking photos of the abounding goodness in nature that occurs within the confines of our backyard. So all comments about the squirrel killing fields will soon be dispelled. I hope.

And perhaps people will stop calling me “baby squirrel killer”. Maybe I’ll get a new name. Something like “Nature’s Nurturer”. Yea, I like the sound of that.

Colossians 1:16-17

For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.