February 7th, 2010 | by Melissa MacNeal |
“Whose woods these are, I think I know…
He will not mind me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.”
How long since any of us watched the woods fill up with snow? I’m in Deep Deadline mode this week (polishing SEXUAL HUNGER, due out this fall!), but our snow last night had me gazing out the back window and playing with the color of the twilight sky, until I wrote “with the snowfall, our dusk shimmers like a pale blue pearl.” Hey, if Bob Frost can rhapsodize about snow, so can I!
Remember how you LOVED snow when you were a kid? My husband’s converting his family’s oooold slides on his scanner now, and this photo tickled us both. The drifted snowbank was probably two feet taller than he and his brother–I’m sure the boys were more excited about this than their dad was!–but aren’t we glad somebody got out the camera?
My Border collie, too, loves the snow. We play Frisbee in it (with 5 Frisbees!) We walk the loooong way around the neighborhood, to see what other dogs are out…to check our “peemail” in the snow piled at the end of driveways. Thanks to Ramona I get out of this chair and out for some air–good for us both! Saw a snowman this morning, and the branches for his arms were open wide in excitement! I was glad those kids got out to play last night!
And I love the sight of evergreens in their lacy nightgowns, and the way the snow coats the tops of bare tree branches like white frosting, and how the evening glows just from the light of snow on the ground. The world is hushed and muffled and less hurried…and just the sound of that makes me smile up at the moon, to watch the snowflakes drift down to my face.
Thanks for letting me share this! What’s YOUR take on the winter we’re having?
Hi, Melissa! We haven’t been getting snow, but plenty of rain! And while I know we need it, I do long to see the sun
It’s such a treat to get a dry day and feel the sunshine, even for a few hours! Thanks for the gorgeous (cold!) photos!
by Fedora · February 7th, 2010 at 6:19 amHi, Fedora!
Yeah, I saw on the news how your Californios are getting flooded, etc. The weather is crazy all over the globe this winter. My sibs are digging out of more than 20″ of snow they got Friday! Be safe!
by Melissa MacNeal · February 7th, 2010 at 3:11 pmI live on the Southern Oregon Coast and the most we get is rain.
by Estella · February 7th, 2010 at 8:26 pmThe snow is nice until it because dirty slush, but I still get excited when we have snow.
by Jane · February 7th, 2010 at 11:25 pmThis winter is very “off”. Have you seen on the news that they are having to truck in snow for the Olympics in Vancouver?
by Beth · February 9th, 2010 at 8:47 amWow, trucking in snow! I have relatives in Pittsburgh and Iowa who WISH those trucks would come dig them out and take away their snow!!
by Melissa MacNeal · February 9th, 2010 at 1:35 pm