If you’re not tired of hearing about the Texas Freeze, scroll on. In response to this week’s Sunday’s Stills Challenge, here are a collection of “white” photos from how we spent our first wedding anniversary.
Normally, when it snows in South Central Texas it looks like this little bitty pile on our Sego Palm. I took this photo, as a joke, to document our first snow day as a married couple. Little did I know that this was the first of many snow days to come.
By February, the snow looked like this and it didn’t go away for days. Neither did the low water pressure and rolling black outs:
However, the beauty and excitement of having really nice powdery snow made not having power or water tolerable (at least for a little while.) This was most likely the first “big snow” for some of the younger deer that hang out in the woods behind our house. It was definitely the first snow – of any kind – for our cat Rocket. He’s plump and furry, not seeming to mind the coldness while our other cat napped by the gas fire inside:
For our anniversary dinner, I was able to scrape together some bolegnese sauce from leftovers by cooking it and the pasta on the gas stove (so thankful for that!). For desert, we enjoyed slices of the bit of wedding cake that had been in the freezer all year. It held up quite well and tasted delicious – not too sweet frosting with raspberry filling (made by my sister-in-law.)
Once the temperatures rose above freezing, we were finally able to get out for some fresh groceries:
ARTISTIC PENSION 
Happy Anniversary and being able to celebrate in the Texas deep freeze, Tracey! I’ve been hearing all about this from my cousins in Centerville and east Texas. Add that to the pandemic and what an adventure! You managed to celebrate your anniversary in style. The snow does look beautiful but what a cost to endure. Glad you are safe!
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Thank you Terri! Yes, its been a pretty wild first year! A crash course in togetherness! It’s still pretty bad for some people here due to all the plumbing problems. We got lucky there.
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Oh, wow! How naive you were back in January 😎❄️ These are great, Tracy… perfect for the prompt.
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Thanks Janis! Yes, not just naive….down right cocky!
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Happy ANniversary. My daughter and son in law moved from our home state of Washington to Texas last August, the Fort Worth area and man they were not ready for What february brought….along with a brand new baby on the 9th, moving in with brother and sis in law for several days when they lost power. Yikes. And while we get snow here, in our area, rarely does it get in the teens or below freezing. What a journey. Glad you were able to make the best of a not so great situation.
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Thanks Kirstin! Hopefully things have improved for your family in FW. Congratulations on the new baby!
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Happy anniversary Tracey! Boy, some wedding cake would have improved my mood when we had no power or water! Your cat looks a little like our Buzz…black and white and plump and furry!
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That cake WAS the highlight of the day!
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Happy anniversary! Good to see that you managed to celebrate despite the challenge of the big freeze 🙂
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Thank you so much!
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I am happy to see that you wrote about the Great Freeze and Snowstorms of 2021! And the pictures add to it, but where is the pic of your bolegnese you turned into gourmet from leftovers?
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I didn’t even think to take a picture of that!!
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What a wildlife sanctuary you have there! I would love to look out and see that all the time. Just as long as there’s plenty of distance between them and Rocket, all will be good. That cake looks delicious! – Marty
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Marty, We are fortunate to have an “inner fence” to protect the landscaping and small pets. It’s ideal for those curious cats.
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Happy belated anniversary, Tracey! What an ordeal you went through to celebrate. Your pictures are chilling! 🙂 The cake looks delicious, though! 🙂
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Thanks Marsha! It really was! My sister-in-law is an amazing cake baker/designer.
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Seeing your picture, I would have to agree. 🙂
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Happy Belated Anniversary, Tracey –
I recently realized that I was no longer getting your posts by email, even though I am subscribed to your site. I just unsubscribed and subscribed again. Fingers crossed that this will work!
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Thank you! I did get a confirmation email that you were following, so hopefully it works now.
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Sounds like you made the best of the white stuff. I suspect it would have made good snowman. Glad you got off lucky.
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