The first snow is falling tonight, luminescent and wet and utterly lovely. It’s the first snow I’ve seen in years, the first that my son will remember seeing. I can hardly stand waiting until morning to see the look on his face when he wakes up to find the world blanketed in white. Even my normally jaded, moodily disinterested 13-year-old daughter is ecstatic — she ran out the door to catch the first snowflake of the year on her tongue.
Yeah, yeah, I know. My snow-enchantment will probably disappear faster than the meager 1-inch they’re forecasting tonight. Still, it’s nice finding something magical and gorgeous, for however short a time.
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November 24, 2004 at 3:46 am
Our first snowfall is supposed to be tonite/tomorrow. Like you, I enjoy the first one, but the 200th one gets old!! Enjoy!
November 24, 2004 at 6:35 am
I can’t really say that I miss the snow. I’ll be visiting my parents in Michigan sometime in January, probably. hopefully the weather behaves while I’m there. I wouldn’t mind a little bit of snow, but if it impedes my plans for traveling around and visiting friends, Mother Nature will most certainly be on my shit list.
November 24, 2004 at 6:36 am
p.s. whoa. I just got a bunch of MT mumbo jumbo when I posted my comment. it still went through, but whoa.
November 24, 2004 at 6:50 am
Your son’s first snow man is soon to follow!
November 24, 2004 at 9:35 am
I was surprised to see how much snow we got overnight – lost our power a couple of times, so I woke up very late.
This is a perfect snowman snow – hope you and your son and daughter get out there and make a snowman – there is a hill at Ft. Leavenworth where everyone sleds, too – overlooks the river.
November 24, 2004 at 11:21 am
Well I live on the south side of KC and we got over 6″ of that “trace to 1″” they forcast. Still it is beautiful and a sign of the changing seasons that I welcome. LET IT SNOW……WEEEEE
November 24, 2004 at 11:41 am
Snow? Blanket of white what? Hmmm…
::: riding off into the Florida horizon yelling “have fun with whatever it is you are talking about. :::
I actually am traveling to Colorado in a week and am hoping to see some snow.
November 24, 2004 at 1:45 pm
Well, we are getting snow here… just in time to screw up the Thanksgiving travel at O’Hare. My husband is flying in, my daughter is flying out (at nearly the same time supposedly). So, how much you wanna bet that my husband’s 9pm arrival time ends up being 2am…
Snow is great if you don’t have to go anywhere. Anyway, hope your son loves it
November 24, 2004 at 2:31 pm
Yeah. I love it because I have no commute.
However — this must be said — it’s the ONLY time I’m excited to hear the words “one to three inches.”
Heh.
November 24, 2004 at 3:03 pm
Damn. Egg nog + monitor screen + Margi’s humor = MESS!
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