There is something so wonderful about a big snowfall. I have fond memories of sitting inside by the radiator and watching the snow inch its way higher with big fluffy flakes. I love the purplish-gray color of the snowy night sky, and the way snow can balance itself on power lines. I also love the calm that comes with a big snowstorm. Nobody goes anywhere. Nobody expects anything. Everybody just wants to sit in the warmth and listen to the quiet.
I don't have those moments in California. "Summer year round," as my friend Phran calls it, has its low points. "This time of year, most gardeners around here are on a break from outdoor chores," Phran says in her Garden Report on Philadelphia's KYW News Radio. A break from gardening to lay inside and watch the snow fall sounds so delightful that I almost, for a second, thought I could live in the cold again. That was until I remembered shoveling.
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Shoveling is the most fun part of a snow storm. The air is clean and quiet and it's so much easier for an asthmatic like me to breathe when outside. I love to go outside and shovel all our walkways and sometimes even shovel the 400' of sidewalk we have, along with the driveway. It's good exercise too.
Come EAST for a visit this winter ... we're to have about 45" of snow throughout the season.
45 inches! Wow. How many have you had already?
close to 13" thus far but it's not even mid-January
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