First Snow
The first snow of the season is falling right now. Not the little flurries we had the other day, they don't count because they did not stick to the ground. This stuff is the big clumpy flakes that stick to the ground like green moss, and makes your hair really wet when you are not wearing a hat. All the kids at the bus stop this morning were frolicking like gazelles, leaping around in excitement of the snow.
I remember feeling the same excitement, for me it was a sign that christmas was well on its way, and that snowmen, snow angels, sliding and skating on our local lake were around the corner. My brother and sister were big into making snow forts and it was always great when the snow plow went by and left big boulders because they made the greatest walls for the fort. When we got older, snow meant skiing as a family. Lots of weekend trips to the local ski hill happened, and I remember we would meet around lunch time and sit by the fire and eat together, and then poor dad would have to drive home afterwards and typically we would fall asleep on the way home from the hill - all that fresh air would knock us out.
So how about it, what are your memories of snow, winter anyone?
posted by Alice at 8:40 AM
4 Comments:
Oh .... stillness, I like that. Especially when it is the really cold, it is night and you can hear the crunch of snow everytime you step, and the snow glitters like diamonds!
hmmm peaceful
Missing snow... but we will hit it soon enough! In Missouri today, headed to Memphis tomorrow, then we are heading up north...
miss you from here.
One of my favorites is when I was little in Ohio... huge storm and we bundled up (I was probably 6 at the most) and went outside to check it out. The snow had reached to the same level as our front porch. So we put our arms straight out and fell face forward into the snow... I remember sinking in a good foot or two, and then laughing our way out... ah, the good old days!
That is beautiful Colortura, thanks for sharing
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