Some high-key snowy lavender in my front yard. Full disclosure: I made this image from inside my house. It was cold out there.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.14.2021 

Another day, another polar vortex image. I have to say, even though I don’t like cold weather at all, that this snow was very pretty as it feel with a nice greenhouse in the background.

There were, of course, horrible problems across most of the state as a result of the weather, and people were without power, had frozen water pipes, had to boil drinking water*, and had flooding in their homes when the water thawed. People died, too, which is an unimaginable tragedy. Lubbock escaped almost all of that, which makes me feel a little weird about continuing to post my “Look at the pretty snow!” images. But it was an historic snowfall, and I did my photographic job to document it.

But, I would like my reader(s) to send good thoughts to the very many Texans who suffered from this weather event.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.14.2021

*And if you know how you are supposed to boil water when you don’t have power, I’d be happy for you to tell me…

Remember that photo that I took from the top of a little spillway, looking down at the water? This is from the other side of the same place, only during a snowstorm. And, yes, I could have walked out onto the spillway during the snow. But I didn’t want to.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 2.14.2021