Snow on cedar and pine

Todd C

8 years ago

In San Antonio it is a big deal. Snow is uncommon here the whole city freaks out.

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wantonamara Z8 CenTex

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

I went to town thinking I would be back at three. I actually got home at 6;30. We were scheduled to have some rain and clearing up in the afternoon. I believed them. I should know better. I got distracted in some Christmas shopping after working at the museum, and bought my first of many Christmas stollen. it was rush hour and, god ,if it didn’t start snowing. The radio kept saying occasional snow flurries mixed in the sleet, "NO STICKING" because it was too warm, above freezing.. What I was seeing was wind driven heavy wet snow. Nothing light or occasional about this. It was the rush hour from hell. We were supposed to stay above freezing till late tonight. I had left My Huge Epiphyllum ‘Anne’ outside with my large Bilbergia windii. By the time I got home I was driving through an inch of snow and it was 30º. . I am always procrastinating and pushing that winter envelope of denial.. I got home and my poor plants were COVERED with that inch of snow. I dragged them in , got the ladder out and now they are perched in their winter spots. Getting huge 'Annie' up the ladder onto the cabinet is dangerously difficult. One year , I am going to fall, but not this year. Now the winter has truly begun. Jueri, my husband, thinks that I am just plain crazy/obsessed. I had to sweep all the snow off the plants and mop the floor from all the melted snow. I still have to move my rolling aloes out on the porch that need to be rolled into the “house".. It is 31ºF. but first I am going to have my stollen and licorice tea. I have been going no stop all day. My tomato plants are too big to cover. Too bad.

Scene of the crime

My madrone

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functionthenlook
8 years ago
Looks like you got the wet snow. Yes, there is different types of snow depending on the temp and humidity. That is the kind we hate in PA. It is heavy and brings down trees and power lines. And is the hardest to drive in. Though it is the prettiest because it sticks to everything. Have fun with it while you got it. Funny we haven't had any recordable snow yet this winter, but Texas has.
Todd C
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8 years ago
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I was born in PA. Mt. Lebanon . we moved here when I was young. Whenever I would say something about wanting snow or a real winter in Texas my dad would shake his head and roll his eyes...
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functionthenlook
8 years ago
Small world. I live out by the airport. I could see your dad rolling his eyes. I would. Tell your dad I hope "yinz" have a happy holiday and to have a "arn" while "redding up" after the holidays.
Todd C
Original Author
8 years ago
The madrone is nice. They are special little trees
Dan H z8b SA, TX
8 years ago
It was the nice thick heavy crunchy snow with big wet flakes, not the light insubstantial fluff. All ambient sounds seem muffled a bit in the cold still darkness It's "nice" as long as you don't have to shovel literally tons of this wet heavy stuff.

As a novice with mostly young plants (and only 1 of each), my first instinct after taking photos was to shake off the inch thick buildup weighting down the branches & leaves of the smaller non-tree plants. Gently if possible. Getting poked with rose thorns doesn't hurt as much when your hands are freezing! The blackberry thickets I decided to leave alone; will grab the garden fork and go back out soon.

We were projected to drop to 32 around 4 am. But instead got some 2 inches of snow 7 hours earlier, on my side of town. As Gomer Pyle once exclaimed, Surprise surprise surprise!

It's mind boggling how much salt is applied to roads up north. Good thing agricultural production is set back from the roads on the other side of a ditch.
PKponder TX Z7B
8 years ago
Lovely snow! We got nothing except the first killing freeze since January (thank you Fox 4 for that trivia). Bright sun right now and 22 degrees. It's too dry here for any precip, so I am enjoying it through your pictures!