Frost is so heavy on the pasture grasses it looks like snow. And the sun has taken me by surprise, coming an hour earlier than it did a few days ago, so not sure I’ll be able to get pix. But I’m gonna try. (This image from same time last year.)
Meanwhile, here’s a short video of some of the carrying-on at the Floyd Country Store at this week’s Radio Show. The dancing, and other more visually-oriented activities, came in the hour after the official on-the-digital-air portion of the show.
Fred First holds masters degrees in Vertebrate Zoology and physical therapy, and has been a biology teacher and physical therapist by profession. He moved to southwest Virginia in 1975 and to Floyd County in 1997. He maintains a daily photo-blog, broadcasts essays on the Roanoke NPR station, and contributes regular columns for the Floyd Press and Roanoke's Star Sentinel. His two non-fiction books, Slow Road Home and his recent What We Hold in Our Hands, celebrate the riches that we possess in our families and communities, our natural bounty, social capital and Appalachian cultures old and new. He has served on the Jacksonville Center Board of Directors and is newly active in the Sustain Floyd organization. He lives in northeastern Floyd County on the headwaters of the Roanoke River.
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Frost on the grass would be nice. If we actually had much grass here that is…We actually made it down into the 30’s last week but, today the temperature is a balmy 69 as I have my morning coffee.
snow? I thought for a minute you had snow
but in the absence of snow a good frost will do
I have high hopes for more snow this winter, since coming back to the UK we’ve had three years with snow, which I think is perfect
Frost on the grass would be nice. If we actually had much grass here that is…We actually made it down into the 30’s last week but, today the temperature is a balmy 69 as I have my morning coffee.
snow? I thought for a minute you had snow
but in the absence of snow a good frost will do
I have high hopes for more snow this winter, since coming back to the UK we’ve had three years with snow, which I think is perfect