Snow!

I love it! Around 3 AM this morning it started floating down in little flurries and then developed into inch wide flakes that drifted silently down to land of the frozen ground...and it just kept coming! It snowed nonstop for about twelve hours! It's starting to slack off now that we have about a foot of snow on the ground.
I looked out my window and I saw the snow was like a blanket over the city, hiding all the litter and coating the grime in delicate, frozen,  snowflakes. The blanket also draped itself of the stereo system that blared the everyday city noise into my ears. For the first times since I've been home from Conserve there was a moment of absolute silence. :) It made me happy.
The one downside was that the library was closed. But that was made up for by the entertaining walk there and back; just watching all the people as they shoveled in front of their stores, all bundled up like marshmallows was hilarious! My favorite was a guy who was driving a mini-snowplow and plowing the sidewalks. He was a fairly large man to begin with, and the extra five-plus layers he was wearing gave the impression of a squishy, multicolored, grumpy looking, sphere riding a cute little John-Deer with a matching plow. It took me a bit to understand what I was looking at, then I was so amused that he almost ran me over! Ah, good times!
I wish you all a Happy New Year!