SNOW!!!
This morning, when I woke up, it was grey and rainy and ugly. I puttered about - started a load of laundry, caulked the bathtub, remade my bed - until I was interrupted by John, my roommate's boyfriend, running down the stairs in his fuzzy earflap aviator hat.
"What is it??" I asked.
"SNOW!!!!!"
So I grabbed my own earflap hat (knit and lined with fleece) and followed him out the door to stand on the porch. We could still hear the water of the rain rushing through the gutters and see it dripping off the eaves, but further out, the raindrops had thickened and had begun to drift. I stuck my arm out into the cold air, and when I pulled it back in frozen crystals were melting on my skin.
In sweatpants and Tshirts and earflap hats, John and I stood on the porch and marveled.
Watching the flakes drift down and melt, John told me, "I've never seen snow before."
"What is it??" I asked.
"SNOW!!!!!"
So I grabbed my own earflap hat (knit and lined with fleece) and followed him out the door to stand on the porch. We could still hear the water of the rain rushing through the gutters and see it dripping off the eaves, but further out, the raindrops had thickened and had begun to drift. I stuck my arm out into the cold air, and when I pulled it back in frozen crystals were melting on my skin.
In sweatpants and Tshirts and earflap hats, John and I stood on the porch and marveled.
Watching the flakes drift down and melt, John told me, "I've never seen snow before."