Comments on: Snow White, Your Castle Is On Fire

By: Lisa Uotinen

Lisa Uotinen — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:43:22 +0000

I was hoping for a picture of the snow in Floyd; love this one. We had a popping, sizzling line in the fire break on our side of Tinker Mountain, too. Everyone in the neighborhood lost power except for my house and the several other houses on our side of the road.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:48:29 +0000

Fred,
Love that picture. Goodness life in the country can be scary. Do you loose power a lot? Is it your location, further out, rather than say, downtown Floyd or is it county wide or city wide? Just curious.
I must say, I admire you do all that for one chicken! However, what else could you do? Honestly, after 30 years in Florida, I guess the Lord knew hubby and I simply could not pick up and move year round to a beautiful area like Floyd, VA. Probably the first snow, as beautiful as it would be for me to photograph, would have us running back to the kids in Florida, when the roads were clear.

Still, looking at the picture, I can still dream. Are you having the frigid temperature now?

Blessings and stay warm.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:27:37 +0000

I can see why you were in no mood to enjoy the beauty, but thanks for taking the photo for the rest of us to enjoy it. The travails of rural living in snow country sound very daunting to me, in my pampered southern California beach town. Having a concerned neighbor call you, and an emergency crew expedite power restoration, however, sound like two things that would warm my heart.