Sifting through centuries for moments of your own

[sovay]

The snow has plastered our windows like blinds. This morning it scudded so thickly down our street that the air itself couldn't have been any clearer: it made walls instead of veils of the late streetlight. The yew trees look like calcified humps of stalagmite. It's still blowing around out there, bending the whippier evergreens of the neighbors' yard like a wind sock. I can hear a commuter train whistling dimly from over Route 16. I am informed we have broken the previous state record for snowfall in a day set by the 1997 April Fool's Day Blizzard which had itself surpassed the Blizzard of '78. Our porch is drifted ankle-deep.

Comments

[asakiyume]

This morning the wind was pulling the snow up and swirling it around, begging it to dance, and the snow was SO WILLING. It was magical to see.

[cmcmck]

Stay warm!

It's a ridiculous 14c here even at 21.00 atm!

[yarrowkat]

that's gorgeous and looks so cold!

[oracne]

Even in Philly I have drifts against my windows on the north side, atop the air conditioners.

[pameladean]

Golly! That is something else! P.

[nineweaving]

"Wiry and white-fiery and whirlwind-swivellèd snow..."

Glorious!

Nine

[gwynnega]

That is a beautiful snow-window.

[aurumcalendula]

That's a wonderful description!

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, wow! And glad to have an update from you. <3<3<3

[regshoe]

Snow! :O I hope it's not causing too many practical problems.