Bundle up, snuggle up and enjoy the splendor of winter
In January 2010, Hamilton County Electric Cooperative members Buddy and Ella Morgan were surprised to find parts of their favorite swimming hole frozen on their ranchland near Moline.
Freeze-frame: Nellie creeps in for a closer look as CoServ Electric member Heather Allen takes her picture in a snowy field in Aubrey.
Mike and Pam Deegan, members of Wood County Electric Cooperative, used Mike’s February 2010 photo of their Lindale home for Christmas cards.
Pedernales Electric Cooperative member Sandy Gravenor captured this chilly Hill Country scene in Henly in January 2007.
Sheila greatly enjoyed the snowfall of February 2010 and welcomed home Wise Electric Cooperative member and owner Barbara Yerby every day.
Southwest Texas Electric Cooperative member Peggy Shirey sent in this photo of two White-crowned Sparrows enjoying a winter’s day.
Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative member Wendy Sandoval took this picture of her daughter Isabella with her “snow bunny” in February 2010 at their home in San Augustine.
Michelle Burkhardt calls this photo “A Cold Day in Nacogdoches.” The Deep East Texas Electric Cooperative member snapped the shot with 35-millimeter black-and-white film in February 2010.
Farmers Electric Cooperative member Susan Rayshell said the record snowfall of 2010 transformed this pond into a canvas of crystal-like, ice-covered trees and banks of snow.
A storm in the Hill Country left the leaves of this madrone tree laden with ice. Thanks to Bandera Electric Cooperative member Kate Summers for submitting the photo.
Central Texas Electric Cooperative member Dan Cochran calls this photo “Winter on the Farm.”
Three-year-old Abbey Fletcher is bundled up and excited about a snow day! Her mother, Darcie Fletcher, is a member of Rusk County Electric Cooperative.
Navasota Valley Electric Cooperative member Jim Morford and his wife, Faye, who took the photo last winter, call this headstone in Oakwood Cemetery near Baylor University in Waco the “Mourning Angel.”
Farmers Electric Cooperative member Jimmy Johnson says this mama longhorn looks like she’s ready for her close-up with her ice-cold earrings.
Old Man Winter lingers. He casts his cold breath across the land and settles into every nook and cranny, content to bide his time as we hunker down and fight the frost. But with his gray shadow comes a bone-chilling beauty that some Texans don’t see too often. When he makes his arrival this season, enjoy every idle hour, but be sure to journey to places you know and love, witnessing how winter’s splendor paints the familiar anew.
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