Lens Artists Photo Challenge #328 – Winter

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John has chosen Winter for this challenge. Our winters are usually mild here in coastal Georgia. There is sometimes frost on the ground and occasionally the temperature drops below freezing but snow is a rare sight.

I’ve lived on the Georgia coast since the mid 1970’s. The biggest snow storm I’ve ever seen here took place a few days before Christmas in 1989 when the several inches of snow stayed on the ground for a few days. Everything in coastal Georgia shut down. Roads and bridges were closed, including the bridges on Interstate 95. Sadly, I don’t have any photos to share.

A more recent snow storm occurred on January 3, 2018. The freezing rain and snow that came through that day caused road and bridge closures. For two days schools were out and government offices were closed. Coastal Georgia was transformed into a winter wonderland.

I’m not a cold weather person. The ice and snow are beautiful to see but I would be happy if we never had another snow or ice storm here.

Many thanks to our host JohnBo for the challenge Lens-Artists #328 – Winter

36 thoughts on “Lens Artists Photo Challenge #328 – Winter”

  9. With you 100% Beth! It’s so pretty when it happens but like you I’m more than happy with its rarity! It does make for beautiful photography tho, as you’ve clearly shown. This year’s been a bit colder than normal thus far but predicted to be returning to normal this week – fingers crossed!

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    1. Tina, I’d much rather look at the pictures of ice and snow instead of seeing it in my neighborhood. I’ll travel to Alaska and other cold places in the summer. It’s 57 right now. I get really cold when it gets in the 40’s!

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  11. Ice storms are dangerous but the end result is quite beautiful if you don’t have to drive or walk on it. I’ve had my share of ice but do love a scene of newly fallen snow.

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  14. Great pictures, Beth. I particularly liked the shot of ice on grass. Very unusual. I’ve seen my share of ice and snow over the years. I remember a particularly nasty ice storm in Atlanta, actually. I was several stories up watching cars slide around on Peach Tree Street. Plus I lived in Alaska for three years. We had a couple of inches of snow here yesterday. No biggie, but pretty.

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    1. Thanks Curt. We lived through an ice storm in Atlanta in the early 70’s. Not fun! It has only happened a few times since we moved here. Our kids loved it when they were in school because school would be cancelled. I remember having to turn on the radio in the morning to find out if school was closed.

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  16. Our weather pattern has reached a new crazy. It was 55℉ yesterday and now will drop back into the 20’s. It is really crazy. No, our Myrtle Beach winter chapter is closed. My husband has a couple of issues that are easier to manage when we are at home and close to his specialists. There are many aspects to aging, and this is definitely one of them.

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    1. Judy, we were watching the local weather last night and they were counting the days since the snow storm I posted about! I understand about needing to stay close to home. Our travels our limited now, too.

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