If you love snow, then come on up to New Hampshire! As of yesterday, we broke a record for the most snow to fall in NH in December. That old record of 43 inches of snow in December, set way back in 1876, was broken yesterday afternoon, December 31, 2007. The total for this December reached 44.5 inches of the fluffy white stuff.
Of course, not all of the state actually broke that record, and some parts of NH went well over that record amount. Concord NH, our state capitol, where the measurements for the state are recorded, is where the 44.5 inches was taken from.
Being here in Portsmouth, along the Seacoast area, we had less than that, but far more than we normally get in any one month. As a matter of fact, we've actually already had more snow here than we generally get all winter long!
We had a beautiful fluffy snow fall yesterday here in Portsmouth New Hampshire, and I thought I would share some pictures I took just walking around my yard.
The magical beauty of freshly fallen snow really has to be experienced in person.
The peaceful quiet and calm stillness that you feel in a fresh snow just can't be captured in pictures, and nor can the real beauty of what I really see when I look at through my eyes instead of through the camera.
To see the fluffy white snow coating all these trees and branches is really just beautiful. It stays looking like that until either a wind comes along and blows it off or until the temperature rises and it all starts melting. But until then, it's just beautiful to look at!
The snow that covered all the bushes and trees framed my house so beautifully yesterday morning - I couldn't help but take these pictures to share!
Each of my bird feeders has about 4 to 6 inches of snow on their roofs....now to hike out there through the snow to fill them up!
When the snow coats everything like our last snow did, it creates such a magical scene everywhere you look. These pictures really don't do what I was seeing justice.... you just really have to see these shows of Mother Nature first hand!
I hope you've enjoyed these pictures of Portsmouth NH - my treat to you on New Year's Day!!
Wishing all of us the very best in 2008 - health, happiness, peacefulness, prosperity, and joy!
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