Still snowing....

Nearly 11:00 p.m. as I'm typing now, and it's still snowing. The flakes are larger, and they're sticking to everything except the streets and sidewalks.

I turned on our outside Christmas lights-- we put them up wearing shorts, and now they're all white and bright and sparkling on top of snow-covered boxwoods and azaleas. When I went outside just now to put some trash out to the curb, one of our neighbors was standing in the street in front of our house looking at the lights. He has lived here for 34 years and this is only the third time he's seen snow in southeast Texas. Charlie said it was "purely way past" his bed-time, but he didn't care. He's been walking around the neighborhood looking at the snow and the holiday lights.

My cats were sitting in the screen-porch and watching the snow falling. AngelBoy's blue eyes kept going up towards the sky, then down towards the grass, then up again, then down. The moon is quite full, and the yard is lit up and bright with all the snow on the lawn and the bushes. The rose bushes are bent over, nearly touching the grass, and the heavy red rose blooms are peeking out from the snowballs that have covered them.

A few years ago, we had a light dusting of snow on Christmas morning. It had gotten cold on Christmas Eve when the snow fell, but by noon-time on Christmas day, the temperature had gotten back up towards 78 or so and it all melted into a memory.

If it stays cold tonight, this snow will still be here in the morning. I have to admit, it does look very pretty. Doesn't look like southeast Texas, though. Just goes to show you--- wherever you are, snow happens. Jingle bells, y'all.