Picture of the day - February 9, 2007

The "Duck Pond" At Emory & Henry College

Although it was pretty cold outside yesterday afternoon, it was still a very beautiful, sunny day here in southwestern Virginia. While I was out running a few errands, I paid a visit to the campus of Emory & Henry College to take a few pictures. Several interesting scenes caught my eye, but the one I liked the most is the one featured in today's picture: Emory & Henry's duck pond. Our region received a little snow a couple of days ago - about an inch or less in most places. Most of it had already melted away by early yesterday afternoon, but when I drove onto the Emory & Henry campus I noticed that there was still a lot of the white stuff lying around here and there. According to one of my grandma's favorite "old sayings", when snow lies around in the shadows for several days it is waiting for the next snowfall to come and join it! The weather is a lot different these days than it was when I was growing up, so I'm not sure if that old saying still applies. Even though I don't like snow as much as I did when I was a kid, I still enjoy seeing it from time to time. Hopefully we'll get a few more snows before spring arrives, and perhaps the next time I visit Emory & Henry it'll look more like a winter wonderland than a winter "wannabe".   "Picture of the Day" archives             Submit a photo of your own!            Why I publish the "Picture of the Day"