“The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?” – J.B. Priestley Project 365: #272 This is pretty much…
Day 271: Sunrise through icicles
“Just when normal life felt almost possible – when the world held some kind of order, meaning, even loveliness (the prismatic spray of light through an icicle; the stillness of a sunrise), some small thing would go awry and the veil of optimism was torn away, the barren world revealed. They learned, somehow, to wait…
Day 270: Delayed start to the day
“One of the very best reasons for having children is to be reminded of the incomparable joys of a snow day” – Susan Orlean Project 365: # 270 The girls were desperately hoping for a snow day today, but no such luck. However, there was a delayed start, to they only had to be at…
Day 269: The day after the storm…
“If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm” – Frank Lane Project 365: #269 We weathered the storm well, and spent the whole day cleaning up, clearing the driveway, un-burying the car, and playing in the piles and piles of snow! It was the most beautiful, peaceful, still morning, with…
Day 268: Blizzard 2016!
“Look for me in the whirlwind or the storm” – Marcus Garvey Project 365: #268 It seems as though it is all or nothing here. We have had such a mild winter, with just a couple of snow sprinkles, that I had kind of hoped we might get away with it….however, Mother Nature had other…