Snow Covered

It’s quite amazing what snow can do to the world. When we were living in Brooklyn snow seemed like such a waste - beautiful for moments and then terrifying. Imagine standing on an above ground subway station being pelted by sideway snow waiting to get on a train for work… or walking across an intersection of a corner you are very used to only to find a hole that seems to never end filled with grey slush. Brooklyn snow was not grand or magical but Catskill snow, that’s another story.

We were waiting for 15” of snow and we were for sure given that snow. What seemed incredibly scary became something incredibly beautiful and show stopping. Trees were covered in soft flakes, ground topped with more, and the birds didn’t even seem to care.

Our snowblower broke as we began to dig our 50’ driveway out so we took up snow shovels. It was hard but it was also Britney Spears’ birthday and the tunes were blasting. Each foot felt like a victory as we cleared our path.

The next day we were out again but instead of grey skies we had crystal clear bright blue ones. I know that I keep saying how incredible these visuals were but that is the only word I can seem to muster about this experience. Snow blower be damned, we cleared our driveway, took our first snow photos and simply enjoyed the view.