Let It Snow

Last year we didn’t have snow until well after Christmas. This year, a half an hour before midnight on Christmas eve it started snowing. Now most people around here tell me they hate the snow (unless perhaps they ski or snowboard) but I love it. It’s just as much a part of the seasons as summer or autumn, and if it’s going to be cold and everything’s going to be dead, it might as well be pretty outside. Yeah, yeah, it’s cold and it means wearing coats to go outside and going through extra hassle with your camera gear, but it’s beautiful to me. It means cuddling up on the couch, oversized sweaters, hot chocolate, a warm fireplace- it just wouldn’t be winter without that sparkling blanket of snow and the accompanying crunch under my boot.