snow buds

Typical southern snow. Our winter snow started yesterday afternoon and by midnight the snow had ended, leaving three and a half inches at our house. A foot in towns only thirty miles north of us. The sun has been out all day today, melting the snow faster than it fell, even though the temperature is only around freezing.

I went out for an hour or so on a digital field trip, taking pictures around the neighborhood. As I approached our neighbor's one-hundred-year-old tree, another neighbor was coming to take pictures of the tree as well. We struck up a conversation and discovered that we both work for the same company [different locations] and we both totally enjoy photography.
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Song 541: That's The Way Of The World
Artist: Earth, Wind and Fire
Album: That's the Way of the World
Year: 1975
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Hearts of fire creates love desire
Take you high and higher to the world you belong
Hearts of fire creates love desire
High and higher to your place on the throne
We’ve come together on this special day
To sing our message loud and clear
Looking back we’ve touched on sorrowful days
Future pass, they disappear
You will find peace of mind
If you look way down in your heart and soul
Don’t hesitate ‘cause the world seems cold
Stay young at heart ‘cause you’re never (never, never, ..) old at heart
That’s the way of the world
Plant your flower and you grow a pearl
A child is born with a heart of gold
The way of the world makes his heart grow cold