It is snowing here in East Texas this morning

[Horse with no Name]

Still unsure what it is going to do to the voting process today...but for now, it is quite beautiful (I must say me traipsing around at 3 am in my nightgown and fur boots was NOT beautiful)...but here is what it looks like right now.

[TomInTib]

1. East Texas...

I had no idea....


Well it's a Late Night Movie,
Lon Chaney and me
and we've gone thru this before
Sunday Paper laying wasted on the floor

Well, here comes ol' three in the morning
Laying' down the same old lines
Seems to me the company he keeps
Is near 'bout the same as mine

It looks like maybe I'm losin' myself
Again tonight
In between what's real
And what just rhymes

And old gray faces all trade places
In the Lost and Found
Yeah, and telephone calls
Are like old postcards with sound

And it's an East Texas Moon
Shinin' down on rooftops
Yeah, and beer joints and backyards
Where them dogs all bark and fight

East Texas Moon
Almost Louisiana
Ah, but it's just
Enough light
To stay between the lines


Ohhh,
Tyler
Longview
San Augustine
Evadale
Kountze
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Sour Lake

All of those places that made my blood run gritty with that red dirt.

Please, sing me back home.
Tom

[Horse with no Name]

2. sing it Tom

From this valley they say you are going
We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile
For they say you are taking the sunshine
That has brightened our pathways awhile


Come and sit by my side, if you love me
Do not hasten to bid me adieu
Just remember the Red River Valley
And the cowboy who loved you so true

I've been thinking a long time, my darling
Of the sweet words you never would say
Now, alas, must my fond hopes all vanish
For they say you are gong away

Do you think of the valley you're leaving
O how lonely and how dreary it will be
And do you think of the kind hearts you're breaking
And the pain you are causing to me


They will bury me where you have wandered
Near the hills where the daffodils grow
When you're gone from the Red River Valley
For I can't live without you I know

[TomInTib]

4. As a child,...

I would often sing Red River Valley with my Mother.

And I would always get weepy, just thinking about that picture.

Still do, all these years later.
T.

[Horse with no Name]

6. c'mere

:hug:It makes me weepy too.

On edit: I took these pictures of the daffodils in my yard yesterday

[TomInTib]

9. The other one....

is mine.

And I truly am from East Texas.

I'll bet that those are some surprised daffodils, come morning.

[Horse with no Name]

10. They are pretty shocked right now

Those are beautiful lyrics. I'm impressed.

[malaise]

3. That's a lot of snow

How often does that happen?

[Horse with no Name]

5. not often enough

Generally once a year...usually in December. Although in 2003 it was on Valentine's Day and one year it was actually AFTER Spring Break.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

7. Last year we had snow the day before Easter.

First week of April, 2007.
And it stayed on the ground until the next day. It was about two inches' worth.

This was in the middle of East Texas, about halfway between Houston and Dallas.

[Horse with no Name]

8. That is actually one of my most favorite areas

I worked at the hospital there as an agency nurse. Was a very nice experience.
Stayed at that little motel down from the Walmart...
Ahh...the memories...

[malaise]

12. Cool n/t

[madokie]

11. I'm envious as all we got was a dusting

here in northeast ok. Yep, looks like this on is out of here with hardly any snow at all.
http://www.weather.com/weather/map/74337?x=9&name=index_large_animated&y=15

[cornermouse]

13. Snowing in Missouri.

Miserable stuff. They're saying maybe 4"-6" with drifts about a foot and more snow later in the week.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

14. Meanwhile, it's expected to be about 50 degrees and rainy here in NY, washing away our snow from

last week.

This morning, 2 of my kitties were at my kitchen window watching the first wave of robin redbreasts! :)

[NMDemDist2]

15. we got ours Sunday night and by yesterday at 4 it was all gone

it was supposed to be very cold last night so I braved the nasty wind yesterday to go cover plants and spigots

it never got below freezing....

:banghead:

[MuseRider]

16. Beautiful!

You can keep it if you like. It has been white or muddy here all winter and we never have winters like this anymore, at least I can't remember that far back.

Thanks for the pictures, they are beautiful and you are brave wandering around in your nightgown and furry boots in the cold. :)

East Texas. I miss Texas, used to spend time there.