Snow Days

I am totally speechless this morning at the beauty around me.  Even my cats look beautiful this morning.  I slept in until 8:00 and am really sorry I did.  I should have stayed up at 5:30 and watched the snow.  I like to find one flake and watch it fall to the ground.  It's peaceful flight amazes me.  I think I could stand at this window and watch it fall forever.

Someone asked if I had noticed the quiet.  I think that is what is so amazing about a snow day.  The noise level drops to near zero.  In the woods, it is more noticeable.  All my senses come alive when I stand in the sunroom and open the window (yes, I do open the window).  I can hear the birds chirping and the squirrels scratching for fallen birdseed.  This squirrel has dug a very deep hole to find seeds.  The sight of the vibrant red birds, the doves (I think these sweet love birds are here for valentine's day), Woody was hanging out earlier, the finches and the others all take my breath as they scamper around for seeds.  The smell is simply clean.  Just pure and clean.  My coffee even tastes better standing at that open window.  But I think the sound is what amazes me most.  Quiet.  Nothing hurrying by, no alarms or emergency vehicles in the distance.  No cars zooming by up the hill.  No dogs barking in the distance.  Nothing....Just quiet.

Northern people are laughing at us southerners.  But they can laugh on.  We down here love our snow.  Even if you say you don't you deep down really do.  It's just a treat for us.  A very special treat.  A time to be home (hopefully) and just enjoy life and family and, yes, food.  It is rare for this "holiday" to come to us.  Yes, I consider it a holiday, even if I have to make it up at school in April.  It is a time we will remember and recall in the months and maybe years to come.  "Remember that time in 2014 when it snowed and we......?" Yes, we will recall this "holiday" just like others we celebrate.

I think today I will celebrate.  I have new snowboots (hoping they are tall enough) and I am going to dress warmly and hike in these beautiful woods God allows me to enjoy.  I have lots of family near by.  I know somebody is cooking something good and I think we can make it through the woods.

So, as for my opinion about the snow and this "holiday", I will love every minute of this time and enjoy the beauty God has graced us with.  Maybe He sent this "holiday" to get my attention.  To get me to focus on my senses in a way that I needed to be reminded of His presence and His works.

Yep, I will remember this snow and the beauty and the peace and the quiet and the driveway I can't get up.....

Love to you all.