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Oh hey snow, long time no s… oh wait.

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It snowed today.

Again.

When they kept predicting it leading up to today, a little part of me was skeptical. We hadn’t exactly gotten “warm” this week (since last week’s week-long snow shut down), but I had dared to wear short sleeves under my jacket this week instead of the heavy sweaters I’ve been living in for the last, well, month.

Besides, we get snow here in Nashville, but really? We’ve already broken our yearly average. So maybe the forecasters were being a little over-zealous in their predictions of 1″ – 2″ of snow.

Instead, as if right on time, around 3 pm it started to fall. Then it seemed to dump snow!  My husband and I, of course, had to go outside to experience it.

Again.

This time, though, it was coming down hard enough that I could hear it falling! I was a bit amazed by that fact. It sounded a little like a soft rainfall, only lighter. Less staccato on the roof, and more like a drummer using a brush on his snare drum.

Two teen girls walking up the street after school were singing “Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!” at the top of their lungs, much to our delight. I snapped a few photos of the snow, and even as part of me is slowly getting a little tired of the traveling concerns that accompany snow… I still remain amazed by how beautiful it is, how quickly everything quickly sparkles under its blanket of white.

Oh the snow stopped almost as fast as it began. Temperatures will keep it around for maybe a day, then it’ll melt… getting ready for our next chance for snow a few days down the road. We are currently the snowiest winter since 2003. At this point, I wonder if we won’t even break that record this year. It’s only mid-January, after all. At least 8 more weeks of winter to go…

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The curious thing about snow

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Growing up in Texas, I really didn’t see snow. Not enough to talk about at least. We got ice with a little bit of snow, usually only enough to make a four inch tall snowman. So, upon moving to Tennessee, snow was a mystery to me. Magical, even.

It snowed yesterday, and I couldn’t help but once again marvel at the curious nature of snow.1-10 Snow

  • As it falls, snow glistens and sparkles in the street lights. It comes down around you without a sound. It somehow turns even the ugliest locations beautiful.
  • Snow turned everyone into kids again. Grown adults reach for the closest thing they can find to turn into a sled. Snowball fights break out. Snowmen get made. Someone is bound to flop over backwards and create a Snow Angel.
  • People forget how to drive in the snow. My husband used to joke that in Tennessee, people see a snowflake and run into the nearest tree. Sadly, he’s often not far off. You CAN drive in snow (if you HAVE to), but the rules are different and it is going to take you longer to get where you are going. So many people forget this, and news reports end up littered with accident reports.
  • Because of the last point, people feel the need to empty the shelves of bread and milk. Always its bread and milk. At least get eggs to make French Toast! How about a little fruit? Or some meat?
  • Coffee and hot chocolate just taste better when there is snow on the ground.

I wouldn’t want it to snow all the time; a few more days of it I’ll be tired of it. Ready to move on again. But, as the snow continues into today, I’ll continue to marvel over its curious, magical nature. I’ll continue to enjoy its beauty outside of my window.