Snoworthy

I felt kind of bad saying that there wasn’t enough to write about the snow. After all I have been waiting rather impatiently for the past few months to see these little white flakes. So here it is, my snow report:

There are so many ways to describe it; one would be to imagine a down feather pillow bursting after a rather heavy pillow fight. Another would be to think of frozen bits of cotton falling from the sky, or when it’s not that thick, think dandruff and you’ve got it.

Sometimes, like today, it looks like the world is a snow globe, but I suppose that only happens when you’re inside and looking out. When getting snow blown in your mouth and eyes, a snow globe is the last thing you think of.

Another thing I’ve noticed is how useless an umbrella can be during the snow, snow unlike rain, doesn’t fall straight down, being light as it is, it blows sideways as well as in any other direction that the wind feels like taking it. So you could get snow blown up your nose, inside your coat, and straight at your face, if they had mobile shower curtains then none of this would happen.

The best part about all of it is waking up after it’s snowed during the night. To explain what it feels like to open the front door and see that the colour white has invaded every bit of life outside is not that easy. As freezing as it may be, this sight seems to warm me up. When saying that I wanted to see snow, this is what I meant: white covering everything, thick layers of it hanging onto plants, replacing green grass, lying on roof tops and window sills, covering cars but as cool as all this may sound, there is one downfall. Walking on snow when it isn’t knee deep should be considered a health hazard, every morning without fail I am guaranteed to slip and almost fall on my ass about 4 times. If you’re not wearing hiking boots then you’ve got no chance, take my advice and if you don’t want a wet ass then walk like a fairy disregarding the laughter and pointing that goes on around you.