Oh, snow.
Which quickly turns into "ugh, snow."
The first time it snows, and it isn't that powdery stuff that comes with frigid temperatures, it's kind of pretty. In a different time, under different circumstances, I might find snow delightful... but I don't.
It was fun & wonderful for a while when it was falling from the sky like a scene from a Christmas card... and that's when I took these shots.
Which quickly turns into "ugh, snow."
The first time it snows, and it isn't that powdery stuff that comes with frigid temperatures, it's kind of pretty. In a different time, under different circumstances, I might find snow delightful... but I don't.
It was fun & wonderful for a while when it was falling from the sky like a scene from a Christmas card... and that's when I took these shots.
As you can see, it was still very wet. And I was at home. Hence the relative mundanity of spruces and the apple tree covered with lichen covered with snow.
But then it snowed all day, and I had to drive to work in the snow, and it was really apparent that no one bothered to plow anything (proficiently). And then I drove home from work. Let's just say that US 12 was a sheet of ice and we were doing an average of 30MPH (on the 'country highway' part), crawling around each of the 6 curves, avoiding that tree that toppled into the road, and watching the traffic in the other direction come to a complete stop on the highway (not for an accident, but for an ice covered curve).
Snow is fun & pretty if you don't have to drive in it in an area where the road commission didn't bother to take care of the roads.
If it all melted, that'd be great.
I'm enjoying a cup of dark hot chocolate as I type this and thinking about how tired I am of spending twice the amount of time to make one trip to work. Of course, this is just the first day.
Ugh, snow.
If you have warm snow-free weather wherever you are (and it isn't like monsoon season) then relish in your good fortune and easy travels.
But then it snowed all day, and I had to drive to work in the snow, and it was really apparent that no one bothered to plow anything (proficiently). And then I drove home from work. Let's just say that US 12 was a sheet of ice and we were doing an average of 30MPH (on the 'country highway' part), crawling around each of the 6 curves, avoiding that tree that toppled into the road, and watching the traffic in the other direction come to a complete stop on the highway (not for an accident, but for an ice covered curve).
Snow is fun & pretty if you don't have to drive in it in an area where the road commission didn't bother to take care of the roads.
If it all melted, that'd be great.
I'm enjoying a cup of dark hot chocolate as I type this and thinking about how tired I am of spending twice the amount of time to make one trip to work. Of course, this is just the first day.
Ugh, snow.
If you have warm snow-free weather wherever you are (and it isn't like monsoon season) then relish in your good fortune and easy travels.
