Snow Day in Alabama

The Great Snow Adventure of 2009!

This past weekend we had a morning of snow in Montgomery, Alabama. This is the second year in a row that we've had snow here and I convinced a few people to go out into the park for what we thought would just be a nice walk through light snow flurries. Here are a few pictures I snapped while we walked through the falling snow.




The beginning of our walk! Here is our Garden/ Amphitheater area with the main building in the background.

Close shot of our newest flowers in the Garden covered in slush.

In front of the Theatre at the pergola.

Our front lawn that slopes down to the pond. The snow is still light and melting as soon as it hits the ground.

We've looped around to the Art Museum and the snow is getting a bit heavier. Our resident sea gulls keep trying to fly but the winds don't let them get anywhere. Most of the ducks, loons, swans, and herons have gathered on the island to wait out the storm.

All except these guys! We couldn't figure out if they wanted us to feed them or take them somewhere warm.

The Alice in Wonderland tribute fountain at the Museum.

The storm is starting to get worse and we've just realized that we have to walk back in a headwind with stinging snow...and none of us thought to wear sunglasses or any face protection.

The bank we had just been on, now a duck free zone.

Our snow covered Willow.

The front lawn, now with slowly gathering snow. We got a text from a friend at this point saying only "It's magical!"

The statue of Mr. Blount watching out over the theatre and surrounded by snowy hedges. By this time we had decided it was time to go inside and get warm before our hands froze off.

Keep checking back! Our newest show opens this weekend (March 6th) and I'll have responses to the show up on the blog after our invited dress on Thursday night!