Let It Snow!
Okay, okay! You are likely thinking I really do march to
a different drummer. I do love snow!
Snow makes my imagination come alive. I love the “beautiful sight …as we walk
in the winter wonderland.” I can picture a Grandma Moses winter scene, a
Currier & Ives Christmas card, an old fashioned sleigh, and smoke from a
chimney curling above bare tree limbs sprinkled with sparkly white. For me
there is something charming, something calming, and something pure about
snow.
Snow is peaceful. Snow covers the dead leaves and detritus of
barren winter ground. A sudden snowfall
makes the world seem untainted.
Is there anything more enchanting than
our state bird signaling more snow to come!
Sometimes, instead of these
old-fashioned sentimental thoughts, I think of fun. We have always made snowmen. Sometimes traditional ones, more often
not. This one, I think, was after much shoveling!
There is sledding and skiing and an occasional snowball fight. The dogs (including Mad Max) like crusty snow
so they can walk on the top – not so happy when they find this doesn’t work. But neither they nor I really care. If the door opens they are out in the
snow. Not rain. They will not deign to put their little paws
on wet ground. Snow is somehow
different.
Maybe the pro-snow attitude is from 35
years of teaching school. Nothing was
better than a snow day before the holidays!
An extra day – a reprieve from the heavens to make cookies, drink
tea and read a good book in front of the fire. The gift of time!
If you do
not like winter and do not like snow, please have a laugh from these
cartoons.
Happy
holidays to all and remember ~
Glenne
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