Lingering flurries

In Texas when the weather gets below freezing, it makes the news. No, let’s be clear, it headlines the news. Add to that, any slight chance of precipitation, and the kids are dressed in snow gear 24/7, waiting by the window with sleds in hand. We’re immediately on alert for school closings due to “slick spots” on the roads and we’re posting everything that resembles the fluffy white magic on our social media feeds. So naturally, when I woke this morning to news alerts of “lingering flurries”, I was expecting to peek out the window to encounter a winter wonderland like the scene above.
My view of our cold, dry street and brown grass was a bit of a let-down.
Obviously that’s a stretch, but it’s not too far off in our world so driven by breaking news and social media. If it’s not the urgent, right now news, it’s perfectly filtered …