Last Thursday, the first big snow storm of the season hit Lexington (“big” being a relative term, of course), and Friday was declared a snow day for our office. Practically all the local and area schools were closed on Thursday as well, in anticipation of the dreaded, promised snow.

the front of our CAA building at the Kentucky Horse Park, after the snow had been falling for several hours on Thursday afternoon

By the time all was said and done, we had about three very pretty inches of fluffy, powdery snow. On Friday afternoon, I took a break (from working at home), bundled up, and braved the measly 17 degrees (plus wind!) to walk to a lovely park near our house for some photo opportunities. There was a group of teenagers playing football in one of the open (normally grassy) areas … they must’ve been cold but sounded like they were having fun. I’ll try to post a couple of proper snow photos tomorrow.

On Saturday, my husband and I went to Rupp Arena to watch the Univ. of KY Wildcats take on the Georgia Bulldogs in the Cats’ first conference (SEC) game. After a hard-fought game, the Cats won (how does that saying go? “cats rule … dogs drool”) and are now one of only two still-undefeated basketball teams in the college div. I universe. It was also celebrity day at Rupp: the Steelers’ head coach sat with UK’s new head football coach, Ashley Judd (a UK alum and rabid Cats fan who comes to as many home games as she can) was the special-guest “Y” in the traditional spelling out of “K-E-N-T-U-C-K-Y,” and the UK cheerleaders presented the routine with which they’re hoping to win their 18th national championship this week.

From here on out (with one notable exception and possibly the NCAA tournament), I’ll spare you any more basketball details … unless something momentous happens. In February, we have tickets for the home game vs. Tennessee, and that’s also the game at which ESPN’s College Gameday will be in attendance. We’ll try to get some photos of the festivities!