Showing posts with label Snow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Snow. Show all posts

Friday, February 6, 2009

Snow




It’s cold, wet and white up here in the Ukay.

Did you know that the Inuit have dozens of words for snow? That’s because there are so many types of snow…

Wet, sticky snow that sticks. Fluffy snow that floats light as…as…as…well, as snow. Snow like tiny Styrofoam balls. Snow that was fluffy, but with a touch of melting is getting a little sticky. Light snow that gets packed under more and more light snow. Snow that turns crisp from a hint of freezing rain. You get the idea.

It’s easy to generalize about snow; you won’t hurt its feelings. But people are infinitely more varied, and people do have feelings. Accept me as I am, without generalizing about why “kind” of person I might be. I’ll do the same for you.

Monday, November 24, 2008

First snow...


When we woke up on Sunday morning we had our first snow for this season.

But at about 11:30 it started raining and we even had some hail. All that turned the lovely white snow into a brownish slush...