Romping in a Winter Wonderland with Darby, Fultondale

With a second winter storm in as many weeks that visited us in Birmingham in mid-February 2014, this time dropping four inches of powdery snow, our Golden Retriever could not be contained inside. Renewing her enthusiasm for water in all its forms, Darby can be seen here at full tilt making laps around the yard as though it were the Talladega Super Speedway.

Enduring Signs of the Snowpocalypse, Birmingham

Despite the turn of weather, which has brought us back to the mean as to what Southerners can expect during Winter, all around the Birmingham area, there are still evidences and subtle reminders of the winter storm that was, whether you want to call it one of many monikers it was given: Snowmageddon, Snowpocalypse, Winter Gridlock 2014, and let's not forget...Leon.

Van in a gully, having slid off the road during the Birmingham winter storm in January 2014