Huntsville in Snowmageddon 2015

As Southerners we don't get too many chances to enjoy the simple pleasure of snow. 

I grew up here, and I've come to the conclusion that there are two types of Southern snow people. 

The first type whine and complain at the idea of a snowflake. I don't understand this person. Your life should never be so busy you can't take a day off and play. If it is, you're not living right.

 Meanwhile, I'm more like the second type of Southerner. When a sprinkling happens everyone runs to the door. When a dousing happens (like yesterday) everything else in life stops and it's all about the snow. The white stuff turns everyone into kids, full of wonder. Snowmen, snow games, and photographs of the snow in the yard. My family also took a night walk to Bridgestreet.

I have never been fully convinced that I like the design of Bridgestreet, but in the snow with empty streets I felt as though I had fallen into a vogue fairy-land. 

 The traffic from 565 was absent and cars on Alt 72 were few and far between, with only a few dooffuses driving along the road way too fast. Add to that the dampening effect the softness of snow has anyway and we're talking one magical night.

At some points the snow was falling so thickly we could barely see the rocket, and we became like furry snowmen trudging in the snow up to our calves.

The carousel was home to Aslan, who looked on at the vast white expanse. 

 


And the new LED color columns in the snow are beyond words and photographs I think. Cycling through the rainbow, reflecting beauty off the snow...

My main objective for this walk, was to have fun and view the snow, so I did not bring my huge camera along - and, as my legs were burning from walking in the snow that long, I'm glad. However, I picked out my phone just for the camera and I'm generally happy with that purchase.

 This entire post was shot on a Samsung Galaxy S5, so get your hatin' out of the way. 

 Film is a media that can't be replaced, but digital is its own media and can be just as beautiful. Acrylics didn't replace oils, they just added a new dimension.
  

Thanks for joining me on my nighttime walk through Bridgestreet during Snowmageddon 2015. Down the road from Bridgestreet and across the road from the Space and Rocket Center we got 7 inches of snow yesterday! How about you?

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