A winter tour

by Earl on January 31, 2010

in Photography

Snow and corn stalks

Snowy Corn Stalks

Instead of staying in yesterday during the final stages of our recent winter event, the wife and I decided we were going to explore and enjoy the beauty of this new snow before it began to melt or became dirty.

Snowy Country Road

Snowy Country Road

This wasn’t all that big of an adventure, our small SUV has 4WD.

We did a loop into the country then drove to the historic homes district of our small town to admire some of the older historic homes. Snow brings out colors and contrast letting you notice things you’ve never seen before — we were commenting on several of the home trim colors that we’d swear were not there before.

I know it’s a small deal compared to the amount of snow some of you see in a winter but we don’t receive a lot of snow here so when it falls I like to enjoy it as much as possible. ;-)

Historic home

Historic Home - Salisbury NC

I guess most towns in the U.S. have similar neighborhoods with tree lined streets and historic homes.

Salisbury - Fulton Street

Snowy Streets - Salisbury NC

The streets had been scrapped but a lot of snow and ice remained. With the temperature dropping to 13°F tonight they will be even slicker tomorrow.

Another historic home

Historic Home - Salisbury NC

This is one of my favorite houses in the Salisbury historic district. I took a beautiful night photo of it decorated for Christmas two years ago. It looks good in the snow as well.

Salisbury Fulton Street

Snowy Streets - Salisbury NC

There’s not any one style of architecture for most of these homes.

These will be the last snow photos for a while.

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1 Monte Stevens January 31, 2010 at 7:58 am

These homes are not only elegant and majestic but rather large homes. Each one looks to have several bedrooms.
It’s ture that there is no perfect place to live. Each has it’s own beauty in each of it’s seasons. Snow, thunderstorms, sunrises and sunsets are each unique to it’s climate. I think it’s wonderful you two got out and took in the beauty of the winter scenes. And, good use of leading lines in the corn field.

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2 Earl January 31, 2010 at 2:58 pm

These homes are large and there’s very specific rules about what the owners can do to them. They have to have everything approved by the historical society.

While I think they’re beautiful and it would be interesting to live in one of them somehow I think of the movie “The Money Pit” when I look at them.

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3 Yvonne January 31, 2010 at 11:04 am

I love the historic home in your area, the snow adds a that little bit of happiness. I am so glad you enjoyed your ride and shared it with us.

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4 Earl January 31, 2010 at 3:00 pm

Yes I think they’re beautiful in the snow — but I wouldn’t want to heat them! ;-) Yvonne, I’m glad you enjoy the photos. I don’t usually post this many and I was afraid it would be a bit of an overload.

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5 Paul January 31, 2010 at 1:27 pm

Way to go, Earl. Unfortunately, I have no such vehicular accommodations, or I would have taken a ride. :-) Instead, I just walked the neighborhood. No historic homes here, though. Those are some really nice homes that you’ve captured there. You’ve captured a feeling of the Old South, I think.

I really like the cornfield, too.

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6 Earl January 31, 2010 at 3:03 pm

Thanks, Paul. Let me tell you, for some people in this area the “Old South” is not so far removed. ;-)

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7 yz January 31, 2010 at 6:36 pm

beautiful shots of the snow covered landscape
we have half a meter snow here and i wasn’t able to take a decent shot of it :(

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8 Steve Skinner January 31, 2010 at 8:17 pm

I agree that snow adds beauty to the scene unless you have to shovel more than a few inches of the stuff. When I worked as a forester we had a saying about snow and four wheel drive vehicles that went something like this, “Four wheel drive doesn’t keep you from getting stuck, it just allows you to go father before the inevitable happens!” Trust me; I lived those words many times during my 30 some odd years in the woods!

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9 Paul January 31, 2010 at 9:48 pm

LOL! That’s funny, Steve, but true. I have seen 4 wheel drive trucks get stuck!

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10 Don February 1, 2010 at 11:36 am

What a nice series of these elegant homes. The snow decoration does add to their beauty
by cutting out some of the competing colors that might distract. Looks like a very successful drive to me.

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