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Winter Wonderland

The MEMernet was wild for the white stuff last weekend. It was that “good snow,” making snowmen, snowballs, and snow sledding all easy and fun and driving not so dangerous.

“These children give added meaning to ‘birdie’ while taking flight Saturday above the Overton Park golf course,” said Tom Bailey on Facebook.

The Memphis Zoo’s socials were blown up last weekend. Reels showed tigers playing, a grizzly bear rolling in the snow, and Babu, a mandrill, knocking over a snowman.

There was also lots of love out there for the often-maligned city and Memphis Light, Gas & Water (MLGW). Redditors tipped their hats to MLGW’s tree-trimming efforts, which helped to keep the lights on, and to the city for keeping the roads clear. Wow.

CA for Arts?

Art gallery own Jay Etkin wants to turn the former Commercial Appeal building on Union into the Flow Museum of Art & Culture. Etkin said he is in talks with city, county, and state leaders on the idea.

The building is on the auction block at the end of the month. Another idea would turn the building into a vocation training center for youth (see here).

Memphis on the internet.

That Memphis Weather

Memphis holidays were balmy, in the 70s each day. Then, rain and wind blew sideways. Then, the temperature dropped 45 degrees in a day. Then, snow fell Sunday. Unique or not, Memphis weather proved more unpredictable than usual over the last week and it kept the MEMernet buzzing.

Here’s a rundown of 2021’s daily temperatures via a crocheted blanket by Memphis Reddit user u/worldbound0514.

“It starts at the top left (January 1st) and goes diagonally to the bottom right (December 31st). The colors represent a 10 degree range. Dark purple is 10-19 [degrees] F. Navy blue is 20-29 [degrees] F. Sea blue is 30-39 [degrees] F. It goes all the way to 90-99 [degrees] F in burgundy.”

Reddit user u/mcwap gave a well-deserved shout-out to Memphis Light, Gas & Water crews, fixing light poles, downed by Saturdays’ storm, in Sunday’s snow fall.

Something else fell from the sky near u/midtownFPV’s Central Gardens homes on New Year’s Eve, a bullet.

“Found in my driveway this morning,” said the poster. “And my workshop roof has a brand new hole in it too.” A massive amount of (apparently, hopefully) celebratory gunfire was reported on nearly all MEMernet social channels that night.