Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Sometimes even end-of-February snow is pretty

I'm not a fan of snow. It does cover up the dead landscape, but it is hard to truck the kids around in, tracks snow and general dampness into the family room, and is a general pain in the ass. But this morning, I woke up to a few inches of snow, and it was beautiful. As much as it was going to be a PITA to walk the girlie to school in it, it was pretty. The snow followed a few days of thaw and rain, so the back yard had been more like Lake Deplume. And last night's snow stuck to the branches, which allowed my eye to see beautiful white trees and not the gray sky, waiting to drop more snow on us.

I was so taken by the beauty of this meteorological event, I took my camera along on the walk to school. And as it turns out, a red brick library really stands out on a snowy morning. And that red gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. The fact that our local librarians know mine and my kids' names, and is less than two blocks from my house might have something to do with that, though, as well.

Once we got back from the school walk, Nige decided that he wanted to play in the back yard. It had begun snowing again by this point, and his three-year-old self was in seventh heaven. I let him, of course, and kept the camera at the ready. A few minutes later, he was sitting atop the slide, with 4 inches of snow obscuring his descent. He sat up there for a few minutes, telling me that he was a little scared. I explained that it was just fluffy snow, and it isn't scary. Luckily he believed me, and slid on down. It was quite a ride, shoving all that snow off the plastic slide with his butt.

He had a fun time, but bore a striking resemblance to the abominable snowman by the time I convinced him to come inside. It was a good day.

6 comments:

  1. Oh, that's beautiful - and I had to smile at him sliding down through the snow :)

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  2. I really like your photos and I definitely appreciate the Nige sliding in the snow. I was also moved to take a few pictures this morning. Stay warm!

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  3. that is my favorite kind of snow. The kind where it looks like someone took white frosting and coated the world. Beautiful pictures.

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  4. Those pictures are very nice, Robin. I especially like the color contrast in the library picture. You have such beautiful snow...our exciting snow last month turned to mush before it touched ground!

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  5. That's the prettiest picture I've ever seen of the library. I've saved it to my file.

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  6. Oh how beautiful! I miss a good snow. Taking joy in it was such a great thing to do this morning!

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