January 28, 2004
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
So, we're getting a bit more snow today. It's been forecast to hit on and off for the last couple of days, and last night there was a light fall. I woke up this morning to an icing sugar dusting everywhere, mainly covering up a layer of treacherous ice that even my boots didn't want to stick to. I waited at the bus stop, part awed, part entertained, part horrified as busses slid to a stop and skidded back into motion opposite me. Apparently the gritting lorries didn't make it down the bus lanes.
And now this afternoon the weather is finally getting on with it and starting to snow properly. You can't really tell from the picture, but there's a bit of a blizzard going on outside. Nice! I don't mind when I'm in a warm, well-lit office. It'll be less enjoyable when it comes to time to go home. At least I'm on foot and not cycling. I quite like the crunch-crunch of walking through fresh snow.
Somehow the prospect of walking home in temperatures of -2 or -3 degrees doesn't worry me any more. The joys of perspective. David and I estimate it was closer to -15 when this photo was taken in March last year on our visit to Michigan. The quest for an IHOP and the pancakey joy therein has never been so fraught with frozen things. Mmmmm, blueberry sauce .....
Update: That didn't take long. 20 minutes later, things are starting to disappear beneath the snow.
Just tried videoing it. The phone's camera didn't do a very good job. Time to buy an iSight :-)
Posted by savs at January 28, 2004 2:20 PM