December 17th, 2009let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
The first snow of the season arrived today around noon and it arrived in vast quantities. Especially the forest, where the falling flakes drown out all sound except the occasional happy twittering of a bird that hasn’t yet discovered it’s bad news for her, becomes a place of magic. One almost feels as if one’s the first to ever walk underneath its lofty canopy, trodding through centimeters of a snowy white blanket where no tracks yet exist, while mere minutes later the evidence of one’s own existence has vanished under a fresh layer. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…
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Although I love seeing photos of snowy landscapes, I don’t like the temperature which comes with it. But anyway, enjoy the snow and for Tunisia I can say: “Let the sun shine!”
Have a Merry Xmas and a very focused 2010!
Karen & Ulrich
Ulrich, I know what you mean! I’ve just revisited the same forest while it was freezing pretty badly: wind-chill factored in it was -13. Hands, ears and toes were all in a sorry state when I arrived back at the car two hours later. I’ll post another image later today or tomorrow. It IS beautiful, especially now with the sun shining, but wouldn’t it be great being able to wander around in shorts… And that’s what you’re probably doing right now, you lucky bastard!
Have a wonderful warm Christmas yourself (have you decorated a Christmas-palmtree?) and say hi to Karen!