What a Difference a Day Makes

Our Mississippi weather is so fickle these days! Yesterday, I featured photos of a bright sunshiny day here in Vicksburg, with trees budding out ...

And Hyacinths poking through leaves, heralding the arrival of Spring.

This morning, it looks like this outside our windows ...

Poor Claude and Maude — I know they'll be glad when Spring gets here, too.

We don't get a lot of snow here in Mississippi, and it was fun watching it fall last night, but I'm glad the streets are clear and the snow will be gone by tomorrow.

Hopefully, this will be our last wintry precipitation for the season, and we can start thinking about getting our yards and gardens ready for Spring.

I hope it's a bright, sunshiny day in your part of the world today, but if it's not, take heart, and make it a good day!

A Mississippi Snowfall

A couple of days ago, several of our blogging friends in Texas were lamenting the fact that they were expecting snow where they live, and I commented saying I wish they could send some to us here in Mississippi. Well, Friday night my wish came true. Here's a look at what greeted us early Saturday morning ...

I know it's not a lot, but I thought it was pretty and wanted to capture it with my camera before it melted, which it was doing as I shot these pictures.

Although it was pretty, I was kind of sad to see what it was doing to my pretty lantana plants in the back yard ...

And to my pretty green ferns along the path leading from our courtyard to the back yard ...

And my sasanquas in the courtyard (hopefully, they will bounce back and keep blooming for a while) ...

But to every thing there is a season ... a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted, and it seems that the season of winter is upon us. My ferns and lantana will rest for a while, then come back in the spring, as pretty as ever. Isn't God's plan for our world truly amazing!

Hopefully, this won't be our only snowfall this winter. Sometimes we get snow in January, February, or even early March. It would be nice to get some pictures of a heavier snowfall in and around Vicksburg, especially the Military Park and Cemetery. But for now, I'm happy that we received ... and I was able to capture ... this little bit of lagniappe.