the snowstorm of 2009

yes, the weather guy on tv called it a snowstorm. but, hey! we live in alabama, and if the snow actually sticks and stays for a few hours, why not call it a snowstorm!?
as most who reside in the south, we were skeptical of the prediction of snow for today. i mean, it was not the first time the chance of snow was mentioned this winter so why would this time be any different? luckily, we were greatly mistaken. there was already snow on the bushes and trees when i unfortunately awoke at 6:45 this morning. what a shocker! i weighed my options of enjoying this little amount of snow or going back to sleep, and, if you know me, you know i chose sleep - hoping it would still be there when i woke up later. not only was it still there a couple of hours later, it continued to fall and eventually left a nice blanket of snow over everything!
an unusual way to welcome the month of march, but we'll take it!

this is all we thought we were going to get when we woke up...little did we know...
it was going to continue falling for another 2 hours! this picture does not do justice to the final accumulation, but it gives a pretty good depiction. through the trees to the left, publix is normally visible, but due to the thick snow and strong wind at the time, it was nowhere to be seen.

the back of our apartment as the snow falls...our first snow!

p.s. - by the time i finished this post, half of the snow was already melting away...oh well! it was fun and beautiful while it lasted