Let It Snow!

The snow outside is beautiful. The media is calling this an "icy storm". Not at all. This is the kind of snow I imagine for Christmas. The kind that sticks to your window pane like frosting and lace. It's what icing sugar tries to mimic.

The scenery outside is perfect: the moon shimmers off white lawns, tree branches glazed with vanilla icing, and the buried cars are round mounds of snow hills dotting the street. The sky has a pink glow, like the Northern Lights are just waiting back stage for their turn to make an appearance. Such excitement out there tonight.

We were caught in traffic as the snow came down this afternoon. The ride that normally takes 20 minutes took us over 2 hours. And that's because we knew which side roads to take to go around the traffic congestion to get home.

Once home I found our walk and drive cleared. New snow piles sprouted up from nowhere. The Boy did it. He shovelled the snow without being asked!

This is perfect packing snow. The temperature hovers just below zero. But the overnight forecast calls for freezing rain which will wash all the snow away. In the morning, we'll go slip sliding away down the streets if we aren't careful. But for tonight, the snow is a sight to behold.