Snow! Not just a sprinkle on the ground, like we had in October, but real honest-to-goodness snow! It fell during the night, and we woke up to find a clean, crisp world of white.
Now, some folk, when they are greeted by that, groan. They see the glass as half empty. They lament the end of the days of lying motionless on a beach towel. They have failed, utterly, to grasp the situation. Winter is not a spectator sport -- you have to get active to enjoy the beauty of this season! Downhill Skiers and boarders get the adrenaline, snowwmobilers get the speed factor, snowshoers and cross country skiers get the silent communion with nature... There are endless possibilities for building snowmen, snowforts, getting out the camera and catching images you can't find any other time. And it gives you a whole new apreciation for that fire in the fireplace when you come back indoors for tea or hot chocolate! Sure, you have to shovel... in California you have to rebuild from the ashes. In Florida, the hurricanes can carry you away... There's always a downside if you insist on finding it.
Dave and Mike are both skiers. For them, snow is a wondrous gift. Everyone went a little silly out there... the way kids do on with first snow, when everything was suddenly transformed and new and beautiful.
Brian challenged the boys to a rousing old-fashioned game of Fox and Goose (you stamp out a pie shape in the snow, and you play tag, but you must stay along the stamped out lines. No cheating) This went on until David wiped out, and Brian stopped to consider the repayment of his oxygen debt.
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