A rare snowy scene in North Carolina

A beautiful snowy scene in NC

What a rare site it was to see such a beautiful snowy scene in North Carolina on Monday.

I got the chance (in between snow angels and snowball fights with my family) to take a couple of photos.

I have only lived in North Carolina for 10 years and I certainly have never seen such a beautiful scene in this area.

snow on the pine trees

snow in the pine trees

Of course the difference is, for us it’s such a rare site, whereas in the North they’re probably just a wee bit sick of it all already!

Dogwoods are certainly a pretty site when they bloom, but it’s not very often you get to see them looking like this

dogwood at sunrise

The wheelbarrow got a little break from it’s work too (and it’s owner gave himself a lecture on leaving his tools out!)

poor snow covered wheelbarrow

Thankfully, although I left the wheelbarrow outside to suffer, I did remember to bring some wood inside.

snow covered up the firewood

The one thing you can rely on in our state, of course, is that it will start disappearing almost as quickly as it arrived, which is what makes living here so much fun

You could see this morning where snow had melted on the trees and then refroze overnight

icicles formed on the trees

Hopefully the cold won’t have harmed all the flowers that were starting to open up throughout the area

Okame cherry blossom feeling a little chilled

I suspect it’ll have been short lived enough that it won’t do too much harm

ice covered the pear tree buds

Of course in typical North Carolina fashion after today’s cold temperatures we are meant to be back to nice warm Spring temperatures this weekend, and all those frosty blooms will start showing us what they’re made of!