Growing up in the desert, snow is still a novelty to me. Anytime the flakes start falling I whip out the camera to take pictures before the snow melts. It's like I forget that the snow will most likely stick around for a while.
The first of these photos was from the great blizzard a couple weeks ago:
Yes, I'm wearing pajama pants in the middle of the street.
This is my friend Tess' block
Fearless Rachel takes her life into her hands as she stands in the middle of the snowy street.
I took this photo this morning. They were big sloppy, wet flakes.
Taken from my office window.
Brrrr...
So the snow is nice when you are all warm and bundled up inside, but when you have to walk outside in it, it's an entirely different story. Walking home from work today was like an obstacle course. I imagined I was on the Amazing Race or something. First of all, I have to walk with my head down to keep the icy snow from blinding me. I also have tunnel vision because when I wear the hood on my coat I resemble Kenny from South Park (as noted in exhibit A- aka: picture #1) So with my sight obstructed I am trying to avoid not slipping on the icy pathways. Then there are these treacherous puddles that look so harmless and unassuming. But once you step into 5 inches of the icy water, you know the rest of the walk is going to be pretty uncomfortable. Lucky for me, I'm an expert at spotting such puddles and have been avoiding them at all costs. By the time I made it home I was pretty sure I deserved a gold medal.
On that note, I need to get back to watching the Olympics. Go Team USA!
Stay warm and dry my dear ones!
3 comments:
Those pictures were beautiful! Hmmm...I still wonder what it would be like to be in snow anything like that! You are adapting well, you didn't even look like a desert rat!
Heather is right, those pictures are really great. Stay warm, spring is just around the corner
That last comment was from your dad
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