It is snowing. Big, lumpy clumps of snow flakes, the kind that makes it look like the neighborhood was a giant snowglobe tipped upside down at some point last night, then set back down very gently this morning right before the alarm went off. It is beautiful. Sure wish I could find the connector cord to my camera so I could show you a photo. Hmmmph.
The Little One collects snowglobes. I find it an unlikely collection for a rough-and-tumble sort of kid. Then again, we never know what they are going to turn into next, do we? At any rate, he is excited about the snowglobiness of the view outside. We stood next to each other and pretended we were inside the snowglobe, and someone up in the sky was looking in. Kinda fun for a while. (A little creepy after the concept sank in.)
It looks like a snow day, but it is not a snow day. It is a two-hour-bus-delay day. Which, considering we have had two snow days already this week? And they have actually gone to school only two days since December 18th? I think they should go give it a try.
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I’ll never be able to go out in the snow again without the feeling I’m being watched like a specimen in a snowglobe! LOL! I love it!
Kris, it is a creepy thought. Very Truman Show.
Snow-globeiness!
I love that kind of gently falling snow and you described it so well, no camera was needed.
Wordsmithing again… it was a beautiful day.
I love a good snow: the quiet, the way it forces us to slow down.
What a great image, standing next to a child at the window and pretending to be in a snowglobe. I love it!
Thanks, Christi! The Little One inspires wild imagination…
Through the many years I hauled my kids to school and home again, we never had a snow day. But we barely made it home during the ’93 flood and enjoyed plenty of school closings during hurricanes. 🙂
Darrelyn, we have far too many snow days here, more a function of mindset than actual quantity of white stuff. I am imagining a hurricane wind day!
My little one, same namesake as your son also has a passion for snow globes – so that made me 🙂
I stood out yesterday around 10pm and was caught up in the swirl of those huge flakes as they tipped down on my eyelashes. i was giddy with joy!
But alas my hands almost froze off from cold. Thus, my ongoing thought – I’d love a snow day w/o cold. That’s the kind of world I’ll dream up – oh wait maybe that’s the thrill of a snow globe?
Mairi
Mair, Sounds like the inside of a snowglobe to me! Plus, it would be quiet in there.
Oh, a snow day! Nothing I love more. We’ve only had one day of snow so far this winter, but it snarled traffic for hours. Still, it was beautiful. I get so distracted when it snows I don’t get any writing done.
Charlotte, it is unfortunate that there are so few snow days for grown-ups. It is a beautiful concept… thanks for your visit!
I remember the snow globe of the Empire State building I once had in New York City. I would shake it before bed and watch the flakes swirl around the tip.
No King Kong, though.
Marisa, my son treasures his NYC snowglobe. I love the visual of you shaking it before bed and watching it as you went to dream… Thanks for stopping in – please come visit again!