Rain

I absolutely love it when it rains. I'm sitting here with Snow Patrol coming out of the iTunes and my office door open to hear the heavy rain and thunder.

I like writing on days like this.

Three hours

It's always amazing to me the difference three hours can make. We have some good friends that live in Longview, Texas and we visit them a few times a year. From one of these past visits I still have a weather widget set up on my OSX dashboard that gives me updates on Longview's current conditions. Here in Stephenville it will be a sunny 70 degrees today. Three hours away, Longview will be covered in snow and shivering with a high of 16 degrees.

Snow creatures

It's hard not to have fun on a snowy day. You can click on the photos below for larger versions.

Let it snow

Snow! And I don't just mean normal Texas snow. Snow here usually means it snows overnight and by about 9 in the morning it has all melted away and just created a mess. Not this time. We have snow up to my ankles and it continues to fall.

What I absolutely love, though is the stillness that snow brings. It's just quiet outside. No cars running back and forth. No noise at all. I love it. When I went out to take a few pictures today I was struck by the calm that had fallen with the snow.

I'm betting pictures of the boys in the snow are soon to follow.

23 Degrees

It's currently 23 degrees outside in Stephenville and everything is frozen solid. Except for the nice warm fire in our fireplace, however.