The White Beauty

Sunday night into Monday brought us 16 inches of glorious snow. I have been wanting a huge snowstorm for years and I am so excited it came to find us!

Many people are complaining….I admit it’s cold. I admit driving right now takes serious skill. I admit that I never thought I would see the UPS man again…but here he came right on down the lane!

Why I like winter: we are forced to be quiet….even nature hushes…snow is the instant ear muff. It shits out all the noise. Cars go slower or don’t come out at all…even the deer took cover. It forces us to read books, do puzzles, bake bread and make hearty soups. It allows us to make plans for the year on trips to go to or gardens to plan out. It forces us to organize spaces we haven’t had time to do…it forces us to just stop.

I look better in winter clothes than summer….that is an absolute fact. I hate sweating…I do not tan…I burn…and frankly….i detest bugs. You know what’s happening right now with bugs? Death….they are all dying….and I am thrilled.

Right now is my fave season….and I am already tired of the Negative Nellie’s….but you can complain all you want….but you still have to admit…that 16 inches of snow is a glorious sight…and we probably won’t get it again for a very long time.

I remember my childhood with soup on the stove and cornbread…a warm fire…Dad always had a fire going….if we lost power…Dad always had a way for us to be warm…somehow magically we had warm food and he always had some coffee going…we loved out in the country so we would lose power frequently. It didn’t really bother me because there were books to read and we always had a fire to be by…

We had amazing sledding….not with plastic sleds…the ones where we had to steer and we had ropes to hang onto…we had to have skill…and watch your fingers on the blades….we didn’t have snow pants we just wore lots of layer. No snow boots just rubber boots they went over your shoes. You wore these same boots when it rained. You worse several pairs of socks as well.

We had snow ice cream….not the yellow snow… avoid the yellow snow. We also would make snow men and use carrots etc….

We attempted igloos…never quite successful