Let it snow!

What is it about snow that is so interesting to watch?

Well, maybe whether you like to watch it depends on where you are from. If you are in one of those areas that gets lots of snow, maybe you don't think too much about watching the flakes come down. But here, where we see snow maybe on an average of once a year, it is fascinating to watch the stuff come down.

I have a hard time right now tearing my view away from the window to look at the screen so that I can type this. Our first real snowfall of the winter. And most likely our last, given the statistics, although there's still plenty of time for more snow.

And as I was driving back to the office a few minutes ago after running an errand, the snow was starting to appear in even bigger flakes. Combine that with some light classical piano which happened to be on the car radio, and it seemed very tranquil. Almost as though the snowflakes were performing a ballet on their way down in time to the music. Whoa! I'm starting to wax poetical again - gotta get my medicine!

Right now, it is still warm enough that most of the snow is melting when it reaches the ground, although the temperatures are dropping pretty quickly. And all the kids around town are saying, "Why does it have to snow on a Friday afternoon, when there isn't any school tomorrow anyway?"

Since I have started typing this, the snow has started to stick to the grass and the parking lot outside my window, although the roads are still clear. Hopefully, it will stay that way for a while.

So now I watch out the window, enjoying the serene scene of the snowflakes falling to the earth. Of course, it might not seem quite so serene when I have to drive home!