I love snow.
Yes, I really do.
I love the purity of a fresh snow fall. The way the trees glisten. The sparkles of ice crusting the top of a surface. I even love shoveling. Hey, I call it exercise for the day. Really. It’s a great cardio-vascular workout.
I have had snow envy as the East Coast got more than a foot of snow. We only had one snowstorm like that while I lived in Washington, D.C. Is that fair? No! Then there was the blizzard a week ago that dumped on Colorado, Nebraska, and other points. Again with the not being able to get outside of your home for at least a day because the snow had drifted halfway up the door.
Couldn’t we have that in Indiana? Just one good, make you stay at home, curl up with the family and a stack of good books, kind of snow?
Our snow princess in our one good snow so far in 2016. The dog’s fur is so thick, she adores cold!
It would make my winter complete. Really.
I like snow that much.
Not on the fifth or sixth snowfall that requires shoveling, I get a little depressed, but this year, I’ve shoveled twice. Two times. Dos. That’s not enough. At least not for this girl who vividly remembers her first winter in Nebraska with the piles of snow pushed into small mountains in the alley. Who remembers doing all kinds of dangerous things as she played on said mountain and navigated tunnels through it with her siblings and neighbor kids. (Yes, as an adult I know that’s not safe, but as a kid, it was memory-making at its best!)
There’s something about the bite of cold that chills your fingers through thick gloves, that nips your nose until you look like you could give Rudolph a run for his money. That feel of a shovel cutting through the snow and making a path for those you love.
All I want this winter is one last good, heavy, snow hurrah. Is that too much?
I hope not! 🙂
Are you as in love with snow as I am? You’re not? I’m so sorry 🙂
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Cara, I’m SO in love with snow. Most people think I’m crazy and keep telling me to stop praying for snow. I usually start praying for a snowing winter back in June when the horrible heat of summer starts to bother me. Like you, this winter has been very brown. Living only an hour and half south of you, we have only gotten two chances of 1.5 inches of snow. How sad!! Can’t go sledding or build a snowman in that! They are predicting 2 to 4 inches of snow for Monday. I already, during my quiet time, begged God to prove them wrong and allow the snow to be about a foot, so we can have some snow days. Time to build that snowman and slide down that tall hill. My oldest son got a Thomas Kincade Lionel train puzzle for Christmas, and he wants to wait for a snowing day to put it together. I LOVE SNOW!!!
You are a woman after my heart. We’ve had a couple 4 inchers and a couple dustings. That’s it! Sigh.
We live in upstate NY, north of Albsny for 4 years. I loved the snow! I wish we got more in Atlanta. You think you have snow envy? Mine is beyond major. I celebrate even a quarter inch.
I remember as a kid in Georgia putting bread bags over my shoes as snow boots on those very rare occasions when it snowed at all.
I absolutely love winter!! You can never have too much snow in my opinion. I live by Lake Erie in Pennsylvania and we are currently getting lake effect snow. There is nothing better than waking up in the morning to another 6-12 inches of snow! 😀
I have to admit, I’m jealous, Rebecca. Enjoy the snow for me 🙂
I was born & raised in Minnesnowta, & LOVE winter! (I get sick from the heat, so summer heat is not my favorite) Thanks for sharing!
I love a good beautiful snow fall. Love walking in it and watching from my window. We haven’t had a good snow fall this winter in Duluth, MN. I really miss it.
I love a good powdery snow with no ice in it.
I was looking for a good snow this week but we live below lake effect so we got less than an inch. They’re calling for more snow tonight into tomorrow but it will also be lake effect so we probably won’t get any again.