For the longest time, I'd subconciously considered such images of snow a bit of hyperbole.
Usually when I've seen snow, it looks like a small piece of cotton or a tuft of Eartha's belly hair. I'd assumed images like the one above were produced under laboratory conditions. Yesterday, that assumption was dispelled.I was sitting in the library by a window. It was a sunny day, but outside there were small flakes drifting in the air. Sometimes the light would catch them just right, and the reflection made them glitter. And they were so small they didn't fall straight to the ground, as the tuft-like snow does. I guess if it wasn't freezing outside, it'd just constitute a fine mist. So as I made my way home, I found this snow hovering around me. In an instant, one drifted right by face, and I could see its fine, tiny crystal structure. Then it drifted away.
I know everyone from the North reading this will not be impressed. But noticing a beautiful, natural phenomenon for the first time is nice.
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I'm still impressed!
Isn't snow beautiful . . .
Did you ever see the documentary, What the Bleep Do We Know? You gotta see it if you haven't. One of the things it touches upon is how positive thoughts have been shown to maintain the beauty of water crystals (as seen under a microscope) and how negative thoughts distorted the water crystals. The snowflake photo reminds of it.
Beauty is nice. How is the driving up there?
Brings to mind how much of what surrounds us is invisible to us or we see it only partially. What a huge difference in perception can result from a trick of light or a change of heart or mind.
Being Hoosier born and bred, I've had enough snow to last a lifetime. Now I like to enjoy it vicariously ... through friends like yourself. Thanks for the treat.
Let me tell you about the driving--if you rubbed yourself down with Crisco and went belly-first down a water slide, you might be some idea about the driving here . . .
Actually it's not that bad. The cities do a good job of clearing the roads. On days it's snowing heavily, we just don't drive.
Jeez! I just signed up for ski lessons. I'll be headed to the mountain passes this Friday to see how thick the snow gets up there. Hopefully I won't break a leg.
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