Snow in Nashville . . . finally
Well, we’ve had several “winter weather advisories” since December that have all ended up being false alarms. Ten days ago, we had one that gave us a “dusting” of snow (literally, it looked like the confectioners’ sugar sprinkled on top of a bundt cake) that closed down schools and had our office opening two hours late. Most of us were hoping this “winter weather advisory” would have the same results.
Last night, Ruth and a couple of other friends and I had made plans to meet in Green Hills to see Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day at 7:30. We met for dinner at six. It was cold, but not freezing, with a fine mist of rain. At 7:15, when we walked around the corner to the theater, we could tell the precipitation had changed over to frozen, but it was still very fine and wasn’t sticking to anything.
But when we came out at 9:30 . . .
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(From Tennessean.com—This is what I had to drive home on last night. Ruth ended up staying the night at my house because it was too dangerous for her to drive the additional thirty or forty miles to get all the way home to Murfreesboro.)
(from WSMV.com—This is very much what my front yard looked like early this morning.)
(from WSMV.com—The sun came out around eleven o’clock, and though the temperature hadn’t made it above freezing at that time, because of the sun and the fact we haven’t had below-freezing temperatures for a couple of weeks, the snow rapidly started melting, much to the delight of our birds.)
I went to the library at 12:45 to pick up a few writing-craft books for the upcoming “Hooking the Reader” series (for more info, click on UPCOMING SERIES at the top of the page), and by the time I got back at 1:30, the snow was gone everywhere in my yard except the places still in the shade.
This is the kind of snow that would have been nice to have had during the week to get a “snow day” from work. But unfortunately, coming last night, it meant we had to reschedule our monthly MTCW meeting—at which it looked like we might have had a record attendance—for next week, when many of our members already have commitments. But better we all stayed safe and warm.
Oh, by the way, the movie was FABULOUS! I’m seriously considering sneaking out and seeing it again this weekend . . . Ciaran Hinds is so romantic!
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KayeDacus.com 
LOL, great pictures. Shut down the town, huh? I still can’t believe you have the prospect of snow days at work. We haven’t seen any robins up here yet.
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That’s because all the robins stopped here, ready for spring, and got stuck in the snow!
We used to get a few inches of snow three or four times each winter when I first moved here. Yesterday, fortunately, most people took the forecast seriously (how could we not, after two inches in Dallas the day before?), but they were saying all day that it wouldn’t start snowing until “overnight.” Which is why we went on to the movie.
I was fine driving on the snow. It was all of the other idiots — you know, the ones who are toodling along in the left lane and all of a sudden realize they need to take THIS exit? — that stressed me out driving home. This was nothing compared with what I drove in when I lived in DC twelve to fifteen years ago! But in Nashville, people lose all ability to drive when it starts sprinkling. There’s no way they can be expected to drive in SNOW! Egads!
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right i heard Tennessee north Georgia used to be more snow prone to it seem like people
here today don’t reflect even that far in the past and has forgotten most knowledge to working in it like people more up north do
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It snowed at my grandmother’s yesterday, and up in Ruston. They kept saying it would snow here but it never did. I was quite disappointed.
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Kaye,
I lived in the DC area fifteen years ago, too (left in Feb, 1993). I’m never going back anymore, hallelujah.
To live, anyway. *s*
We got quite a bit of snow in our valley in Oregon this winter. More than usual. It never sticks around long though. The valley is mild, but the snow stays in the mountains all winter long, into spring and occasionally, in spots, even summer.
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**sigh**
Oh, Kaye, what I wouldn’t give to see that precious robin. “Up here” in Michigan, we have not seen the grass since early January. Even our recent 40-something days haven’t chipped away at the snow pack.
I’m a teacher by day and a writer by night. Though I appreciate snow days, enough’s enough. We’ve had so many that we’ll have to make them up in June now. Four or five inches won’t shut us down anymore; they just keep making those mammoth piles in the parking lot bigger, and it’s off to work we go.
That said, we make our annual trek south in eleven days (but who’s counting)? Though I-75 doesn’t run through Nashville, we’ll wave to you as we leave Tennessee. Could you please send Mr. Robin to greet these winter-weary Michiganders?
Have a blessed Sunday!
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Beautiful photos. Interestingly, we’ve had only a dusting of snow in Richmond this year. The daffodils are in bloom. They would be crushed by this wintry stuff!
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FUN! Welcome to the “white stuff” club.
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lovely pics! i live in washington dc. we get two inches and we are completely paralyzed! people in other places don’t understand it, and frankly, neither do we. we mainly don’t understand how with all the political hot air around here we get any type of frozen precipitation at all… cheers to you nashville!
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People can’t even drive in the RAIN here in Nashville, can they? Snow tips them all over the edge of sanity! Great pics! Thanks again for letting me crash at your place…I think if the interstate had been deserted I could’ve made it home…but all of the other drivers had me way too stressed out. (Interesting note – my Mom said that she watched the 10:00 news which showed the interstate completely deserted…I was like, that’s a total LIE…if it had been deserted I would’ve tried to drive home. LOL!)
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Oh, forgot to ask – did you go see Miss Pettigrew again? I would love to go see it again…that and Penelope. 🙂 And yes, Ciaran Hinds was QUITE romantic in that movie (I can’t believe I’m typing this…LOL, j/k) but it is VERY true, especially in this case. 🙂
Also, I have to thank you for introducing me to Gosford Park. I went to Hastings and got a used copies of the dvd AND the soundtrack…have enjoyed both VERY much.
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😀 Up here in Massachusetts that’s what we call a dusting 😀 Okay a little more than a dusting but school wouldn’t be canceled or work let out early for that amount of snow. I loved it when I lived in VA. We got a ‘dusting – less than one inch’ and school would be delayed. lol I like snow, but I’m ready for Spring to come.
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The official total snowfall in my area was three inches. Which, when I had to go out back and pour warm water into the HVAC compressor to stop the clanging whenever the fan kicked on from the icicles that formed inside, I believed–even late Saturday afternoon, when the snow was gone everywhere else, in the shade of the house, it was still up over the tops of my shoes at the ankle.
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