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First Snow of Winter 2017-18 December 8, 2017 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2017) |
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First Snow of Winter 2017-18 December 8, 2017 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2017) |
| The forecast was for 1-2 inches maximum, but we got almost a foot of snow! |
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| Friday morning - the snow begins... |
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| About 6:30 a.m. |
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| 10:30 a.m. - looking uphill from our porch steps |
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| Looking downhill, from our deck |
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| 10:45 a.m. |
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| 2:15 p.m. |
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| 3:15 p.m. |
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| The following morning; it was still snowing for a while... |
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| Enjoying the snow! |
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Several views around our yard |
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| Our cabin |
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| I headed up to the ridge behind our house for some snowy views... |
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| Looking across the cove to the north as I reached the ridge top |
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| Heading further up the ridge, something dark caught my eye. I spotted two large wild hogs, then several more, along with a group of about a dozen piglets. |
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| Pair of hogs. See the two pairs of ears? Without my telephoto, these images were the best I could get through the woods... |
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| Even through a foot of fresh snow, the destructive hogs were rooting the ridge into a mess. |
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| Further uphill, a nice view to the west |
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| Zooming toward the SW, the bridge into Hiawassee over Chatuge. |
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| We took a little drive around our neighborhood... |
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| Bell Knob, looking like a small Matterhorn, rises behind a barn. |
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A couple of big critters in a nearby pasture... |
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| Below Eagle Mountain |
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| Tusquitee Mtn range from a cove on Lake Chatuge |
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| Cove at Jackrabbit Recreation Area |
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| Sun through the trees |
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| View of our neighborhood from Low Gap Road, Eagle Mtn at center. |
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| Snow-plow You can see me (B) lining up the previous photo at far right background... |