Then came the rain....Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday - all day, all night. It even started to fill up Watauga Lake which was let down about 30' this year for some repairs. Thursday the rain turned to sleet, then tiny bits of hail and finally snow at night.
Went to bed and it was still snowing, some parts of Johnson County were out of power although I had it and didn't have to use the generator, but this morning what a fabulous start to the day! Sun glistening on the snow, the driveway with patches of gravel showing through, the birds fluttering to the bird feeders.
Speaking of birds...I find it interesting that birds are on the same schedule as Dr. Pepper - 10, 2 and 4. And about 8 or daylight too. But you can almost set you watch by the way they dive bomb the feeders, fighting for the best place and trying to chase away George, the squirrel.
It was a perfect day for a walk! Warm and sunny but brisk! Even now, late afternoon, the sun is the only thing in the clear blue sky. It's almost a Colorado blue sky and the tips of Iron Mountain behind the Inn look like a senior citizen with a brush cut. But a great deal of the snow has melted.
In fact, as I went walking, I heard plop plop from snow dropping from the tree limbs. Lots of small branches had fallen off in the rain, wind and weight of the snow. One larger tree which I'll have to have John Edgar, my tree expert, cut up. It's leaning against a clump of rhododendrons and other trees which will break with the weight.
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