It's Tuesday April 23, 2024
News From The Village Updated Almost Daily
February 11, 2014
Snow makes us pause. That white blanket transforms a landscape. It’s so rare in Oriental that when it falls, it makes us sit up and take notice of the change that thatwhite blanket can bring to our everyday scenes.TownDock.net and TownDock readers captured the scenes outside their windows, in their yards and around town. Here are some of them…..
Bridge ices before road. The bridge to Oriental on this icy, snowy day.Scene of Smith Creek and the Oriental West docks as the snow began on Tuesday morning. Photo: Allen MillerFurther up Smith Creek, chickens at Jane Tigar’s coop leave their prints on the snow.Photo: Jane Tigar… and the same chickens a few hours later, providing the patented Legometer Snow Gauge update. Much more of this and there’d be frozen chicken breasts. Photo: Jane TigarPerhaps inspired by too much Olympic biathalon viewing, a skier takes aim on a cross country trek thru a Florence yard.A license plate evoking warmer places on a car parked at Pecan Grove Marina. Photo: Walter LaneHave a seat. Adirondack chairs live up to their name on a deck on Broad Creek. Photo: Rosalyn KutchinsWe welcome more photos of the snow fall from Pamlico County readers. Just pop us an email with your photo as an attachment at info@towndock.net Horizontally oriented photos are best, as are those sent in their highest rez. Thanks, and stay warm…
[page]
The view of Oriental Harbor Marina from across Water Street. Photo: Alexis KisbyMarsh grasses, Brown’s Creek. Photo: Judi Heit.Kitchen window view of Smith Creek from Oriental Plantation. Photo: Nancy VagnoneFWB Church in Whortonsville. Photo: Alecia WilliamsTwo cars covered by the snow. Photo: Ken Laser.View of the Pecan Grove passage as seen from Endurance Seafood. Photo: Keith Bruno..A bird sups on the toasted bread crumbs that Peggy Everest had her husband Ray fix up for them.[page]
Jen Haggard and her husband Neill took a walk through town as the snow fell on Tuesday. Here are some of Jen’s shots:
Along the South Avenue waterfront, the snow covers the ground usually shaded by the canopies of live oak trees. Photo: Jen HaggardAcross the road, the snow fell on the Neuse and South Avenue.Photo: Jen HaggardTrawlers ride out the snow storm at the docks of Garland Fulcher Seafood near the Oriental Town Dock. Photo: Jen HaggardA boat beats through the snow for a berth on Oriental’s harbor. In background, at least one roof in Oriental wasn’t accumulating snow. Photo: Jen HaggardGrosvenor Barber’s US flag flies alongside the Duck Pond Tuesday morning. Photo: Jen HaggardChipping sparrows took in the changed scenery. Photo: Jen HaggardRuby throated hummingbird approaches a feeder in Jen and Neill Haggard’s yard. Because of the sub-freezing temperatures, Jen Haggard brings the feeders in at night. She then gets them out at first light to give sustenance to the trio of hummingbirds who opted to winter in Oriental — and who are likely as surprised as many residents at the amount of snow this season. Photo: Jen HaggardThe other hummingbird feeder on Tuesday was The Bean, where Christian caught up on the news with The Bean Copy of the N&O as snow fell outside. The dangling icicle light left from Christmas may be sharing space with some real icicles. Photo: Jen HaggardMore photos from Oriental and environs, just ahead.
[page]
Getting out on the water may be a few days off. A glimpse of boat thru a garage window. Photo: Alan Dewar.A snowman oversees the boats at Sailcraft Services. That is a stony gaze — the eyes are gravel from the yard. Laurie Sampson adds that the snowman is all recycled: “The smile is a piece of wire in white plastic with the coating cut off, one arm is a paperclip and the other is a short piece of twisted wire.”Photo: Laurie Sampson.Dog days of winter. Lacey and Cagney (foreground) romp in the snow Photo: Pat Dixon.Dave and Sue Mauney’s dog, Emli, is dressed for an outing Tuesday.Photo: Dave Mauney..
A snowman at Endurance Seafood, with a visibly high level of carotene. (It’s the Vitamin D the snowman is worried about, but not for a day or so.) (Photo: Keith Bruno).Meanwhile, on the Neuse off of Janiero Road, Ronald McDonald wears a snow hat while reportedly awaiting a date with the Oriental mermaid. Muffin Schmidt says the fiberglass Ronald once graced a playground but now resides along the banks of the river here. (Photo: Muffin Schmidt).[page]
A pink flamingo on the verge of turning blue, in a yard on Hwy 55 outside Oriental.Photo: Jennifer Del Rio..A boat on an Oriental creek Tuesday morning as the snow began to accumulate. By sunset it was covered. Photo: Debra Dammeyer..Boat ramp at Pierce Creek’s fork makes for a dicey and icy poposition after the winter storm. Photo: Jim Barton..Low flow might be expected from this rain barrel for a few days.Photo: Jim Barton..On Hwy 55 outside of Oriental, yard art and the Fulcher horse farm. Photo: Jennifer Del Rio..Edge of the mainland. The Neuse River as seen from Frank and Jennifer Roe’s home on South Avenue in Oriental. Photo: Frank Roe.