Love it or Hate it
Unless the predictions are wildly off, this Thursday will see three weeks of snow in Durham. Although I’ve been away for half that time I have been assured (moaned at) by plenty of people that the snow hasn’t disappeared from the ground throughout this time. When I returned on New Years Eve it did look like it might be making an attempt to thaw, but I woke on Sunday morning to a new thick blanket of soft snow. And it is proper powdery snow. The small amounts of snow I’ve witnessed in my life have always been the slightly icy kind, perfect for snowmen and snowballs that really hurt. But this is nice soft fluffy snow.
Despite the inconveniences that snow brings I don’t have snow fatigue yet. Though it was close today, but that had more to do with the office being freezing at work. I shouldn’t blame that on the snow. Even if the weather wasn’t sub-zero outside we’d still need hot water bottles, fleeces and slipper socks to keep warm at work the first day back after Christmas.
In fact yesterday I thought the snow was rather wonderful. As usual I went to the Co-op to stock up on essentials and as I walked along I realised how lovely it was to have fewer cars on the road and more people on foot. People were out en masse walking to do their food shopping. The usual noise of traffic was replaced with chatting and laughter. People smiling and saying hello to each other. We are so used to having everything instantly these days and snow slows that down. It’s not as easy to escape our own communities so we talk to our neighbours. As I walked back people were stood out on their streets chatting. It was lovely.
And today my brother-in-law and I decided to walk to work. The buses are unreliable at the best of times so we thought walking might be just as quick, plus give us a chance to do some morning photography. Some of the results are below and you can see more in my flickr photostream.
Well said Helen. Best advert for snow ever :~) Nice photos too. I love the one with an orange sky meeting the blue tint of evening light on a white snowy landscape.
Hi Helen,
Thanks for comments on my blog. Lovely pictures of the snow. You are welcome to post on my blog any time and I would like to post on your blog at some point too.
Thanks
Jo
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