Today marks exactly two years that Emily and I have lived in Highland Park. Winter is a great time to get out of our home state of Ohio, and it's a great time to be in the South in general. But anyone who remembers listening to the weather forecasts a half-dozen times before bed on a school night, and then eagerly waking up first at 1 a.m., then at two, then at three to look outside their icy window, hoping to find a field or yard completely hidden by a dense layer of white, untouched snow — anyone who remembers that knows you can't reproduce the feeling of expectation and accomplishment when the fat, wet flakes finally come.
Luckily, on Dec. 5 (the day of Mainx24 for those of you who were able to join in some of the festivities), my fellow Highland Park neighbors and I woke up to find a rare sight in Chattanooga: a beautiful, snow-covered neighborhood. Thinking there may not be many others at 7 a.m. on a Saturday with a camera, a car and a steaming cup of coffee to brace them, Emily and I drove, slowly and carefully, up and down our mostly deserted streets, photographing some of the transformations that occurred after the thin, white layer of snow fell.
Since so many of those on our neighborhood listserv who saw the photos enjoyed them, Lisa Flint thought it would be a great January post, now that our nice snow days (and our much less nice, much more dangerous ice days) seem to be over. As long as I get the occasional snowfall in winter, I won't have any reason to miss the otherwise dreary Ohio winter. And to anyone shivering in January, I hope these photos prove that the incredible snow is worth the occasional chill.
Slideshow of some of Highland Park's beautiful, historic homes, covered in wintry wonder:
Jason Kelley
Comments (0)
Comments are closed.