Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Winter in Savannah

Last Wednesday, something happened that was a first for us in Savannah. It snowed and the snow didn't melt right away!



Winlsow was in his element. He loved the snow! 

 I got to wear some of my knitted winter accessories! That also doesn't happen very often here... Can you see our cat Tucker in the background? He loves to go on walks with us, but he wasn't so sure about the snow...
Before it snowed, we had freezing rain which left beautiful icicle designs everywhere.  It also left most of the roads with a dangerous layer of ice, which closed down most bridges and some major roads in our area for a couple of days. 




And because everything (flowers in our yard and oranges on our neighbor's tree) was frozen, the Baltimore oriole came to our feeder instead. It stayed for a long time and showed off all it's beautiful color.


It took five days for the snow and ice to melt (this is unheard of for us) and temperatures to return to normal for our area. Now that it's milder again, we put all our more delicate plants outside again. The Christmas cacti in particular are happy and in full bloom!
I hope this was the last of really cold temperatures for us. Much of our yard froze back, but we are hoping everything will come back in the spring.

Silke

2 comments:

  1. There's NOTHING worse than ice! Glad you enjoyed your winter while it lasted!

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  2. What pretty snow you had! I have never seen a Baltimore Oriole before, only in photos! You must have birds on the coast that we don't have here! Look out for a painted bunting, and please take a photo of one and put it on your blog, if you could, I so much want to see one!
    Wow! Your Christmas cacti is gorgeous!!

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