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The snow wasn’t such a rarity for Peter Hinman of Woods Hole, Massachusetts who tied up to the Town Dock Friday night. He says that wintry weather has followed him on his trip south.

Peter Hinman’s Elizabethan sailboat at the Town Dock Saturday morning.

Farther out in the harbor, the red trawler, Chaz’s Toy broke up the monochromatic tone.

Wooden mast and snowy sails on a double-masted boat at Oriental’s Town Dock.

An inflatible dinghy tied to the Town Dock, took on Pillsbury Doughboy dimensions.

A layer of white covered the docks at Garland Fulcher Seafood.

The Stallings House as seen from the end of King Street. The blue of its upstairs porch, which doesn’t normally stand out, did so Saturday morning, set off by the surrounding white.

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Robin Carbury and Turtle Midyette take a running slide in the early morning slush on South Water near the Stallings House.

Stallings House, river side.

A screened porch at South Avenue and Neuse Street was catching snow. No one was seen sitting on any porch Saturday morning.

Where the water meets the land, at Lou-Mac Park.

Marvin Bullock was out early taking photos. He was equipped with the right hand apparel.

Crape myrtles get a chance to show off their winter dress — red and tan bark..

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Meanwhile, a block away on First Avenue, three single-trunked crape myrtles stood out in the snow.

The Roe’s house at South Avenue and Neuse Streets.

The whiteness and brightness of the snow brought out pastel colors such as this door on South Avenue near King Street.

The remnants of the old pier on South Avenue near Mildred Street..

It didn’t take long for the snow on South Avenue’s asphalt to turn to slush..

Minimalist snowman at the far eastern end of South Avenue.

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At the harbor end of South Avenue, the old dock pilings were covered in snow. At the docks adjacent to the town’s water access, a man worked on a trawler..

The town’s water access at the end of South Avenue and the roofless building nearby, where Point Pride Seafood is based.

Coiled line at Town Dock.

Town Dock at midday on Saturday.

A chilled dragon at Hodges and South Water.

This way to snowy Oriental. Sign on Hiway 55 at White Farm Road.

Shed of Many Colors on South Water Street.

The future brewpub on Broad Street may be preparing winter ale.

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Valentines wishes on a snowy porch.

Nol Engel who lives at the end of the Duck Pond, says he and his wife measured the snow on their deck table at 5-3/4 inches.

High slush on Main Street.

The corner of Factory and Main Streets floods often. The snow turned that flooding to slush.

Car light.

Duck Pond Dragon stayed down for the count. He’d been knocked over a few days earlier in the wind storm.

Aft boom of a boat at the Town Dock and some of the outbuildings behind it late Saturday afternoon as the snow was melting.

Posted Sunday February 14, 2010 by Melinda Penkava