Day 5 Snow!

1/5/2025

It's snowing! The ground is covered, so it is officially a genuine snowfall. I feel as giddy as a child when they're told school is canceled, and it's a snow day! The weather man promises it will continue for a few days. Oh, can it be?!

Memories of childhood well up within me. I loved winter so much when I was growing up, and especially snowy winters in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. It brings back thoughts of steaming cups of hot chocolate and snow cream! What a delight and special treat back then, as delicious as home churned ice cream. Snow ball fights, snow angels, and sleighing. Curling up to read my favorite poems by Robert Frost. 

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

By Robert Frost

 

"Whose woods these are I think I know.   

His house is in the village though;   

He will not see me stopping here   

To watch his woods fill up with snow.   

My little horse must think it queer   

To stop without a farmhouse near   

Between the woods and frozen lake   

The darkest evening of the year.   

He gives his harness bells a shake   

To ask if there is some mistake.   

The only other sound’s the sweep   

Of easy wind and downy flake.   

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,   

But I have promises to keep,   

And miles to go before I sleep,   

And miles to go before I sleep."

 

 

"Jingle Bells" is not a song exclusive only for Christmastime, or the childhood favorite, "Over the River and Through the Woods." Dancing and spinning, whirling and rolling down the hill. But, it doesn't have to be solely for children, does it? Can't ole ladies like me have fun, enjoying the bliss of nature's white coronation.

Sleep comes to my tired body earlier tonight, tuckered out with all the joyful interventions of my day. I offer up my prayers of thanksgiving, pull back the white fleecy sheets and settle in. I click on the movie, "Jack Frost" with Michael Keaton, as I drift sweetly away with snowballs and sleigh bells in my head.