Snow!

At long last winter has arrived in Rochester! Drew is beside himself with joy. Big splatty flakes plaster the ground, the trees, the car - everywhere is pristine white! Not enough to cancel school which starts up tomorrow for Drew. But we still have today to play and be happy with a taste of winter.

Perhaps we love snow so much right now because we have been expecting it for such a long time. Perhaps because it is still novel and not impeding us from our required duties or forcing us to be indoor prisoners. I know this winter will be like all winters and eventually we will moan about the darn cold and sloppy roads and pesky bothersomeness of snow. We will sigh for spring and warmth and greenness. But not today.

Today we watch Sugar bounce around with abandon, hopping from one snowy spot to another to another, sticking out her tongue like a child and licking the brilliant coldness, then snuffling along, sneezing clouds of white into the air. We rejoice that the deadness of autumn is hidden away beneath cozy blankets of protection, awaiting renewal.

Yeah, snow! Yeah winter! Hurrah!