A sunny, snowy day

Just when I thought the temperature was getting warmer and thus more comfortable, it snowed on Monday night.  We woke up to snow everywhere.  It was beautiful.  I always love it when it snows at night and leave a pleasant surprise for us in the morning.  But that morning, I wasn't as pleased though.  It was still snowing when I left for school.  Worse still, it was windy.  I walked with my hat as low as possible and my scarf as high as possible over my face.  It was difficult to see with the snow getting into my eyes, but I got to school alright.

In class, the snow stopped and started.  It's a pity I sat far from the windows but from whatever little I could see, it was really beautiful.  I love a sunny, snowy day.  When I went home that day, it was snowing again but the sun was still out and it was bright.  Snow does that.  It reflects the light, I think, and so it looks nice and bright.  Cold though, but with nice, warm clothes, I love being out and about on days like this.

Pete and I went to town after school since we had a meeting there in the afternoon.  So it was a great day to be out and about.  It was cold but luckily for us, it wasn't windy.  Perfect.  After our meeting, we decided to take a walk.  The sun is now out for a bit longer since sunset is later now, so we had a bit more time to walk in the sun.  We weren't the only ones with that thought.  I could see many people enjoying the sun and snow as well.  Or maybe it was the many sales in the stores that drew them out.  Either way, it was crowded there.

It's Wednesday evening now, and the snow is still there, even though it stopped snowing yesterday afternoon.  After I came home from school today, the day was really bright and the air was crisp.  It was -5C but I didn't want to stay indoors.  I managed to persuade Pete to go for a walk and again, it was a great day for that.  It wasn't too windy or too cold and it was nice and sunny and bright.  And there was snow everywhere.  We couldn't make a snowman or snowballs though.  The temperature was too low for that.  Pete says the temperature needs to be above 0C so that the snow can be compacted together and stay in shape.  If not, it would just fall apart.

I do hope to get to make a snowman this winter.  When the snow in December disappeared, I thought there wouldn't be any more snow, so the latest snowfall was a nice surprise.  Pete said that in 2005, it snowed in May!  So maybe I would get a chance to build that snowman soon.