April 26, 2008
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Joy Joy
I looked out this morning and saw snow — beautiful snow — everywhere. It’s the kind of scene that many people say looks like a Christmas card. It had been snowing most of the night, apparently. I had to get some pictures, so before I did anything else, I slipped into snojogs, sweater and hat, grabbed the camera and went out.
I hadn’t gone three steps before I had snow down my boot tops, but not much. I kept going. Seriously now, if you must have snow, wouldn’t you rather have this:
(today)
…than this?
(yesterday)The temperature while I was out there was an even 32.0, just freezing, and the air was still. A breeze came up before I was through shooting, and clumps of snow started falling from the trees. It is now almost up to 40 degrees out there, and the snow on the trees looks ragged and patchy. I caught the fragile beauty just in time.
I heard one bird and saw another while I was out there. A raven flew over silently, and some other, smaller bird with a two-note song kept repeating it over and over. It sounded to me as if he was singing, “joy joy.” I walked in the compacted snow of a neighbor’s tire track, to the end of the block and back, then back into the yard for some close-up shots.
Koji was out on his chain while I was out there. He loves snow, as all real huskies do. He has some sled dogs in his family tree. He is my buddy. This picture is my new desktop image now. We shall see how long it lasts before Doug changes it.
I came in, switched my snojogs for scuffs, and started making coffee. The first jug of water I picked up was almost empty, not enough in there to go glug as I poured. As I poured it into the coffeemaker, the water whispered, “joy joy.”
Comments (17)
Lovely.
beautiful
Wow so gorgeous! I envy you your beautiful snow.
~Misa
well since I woke up to the first pic and 25°F yah I would have rather had your weather
The photo of the trees is unearthly beautiful
I don’t get snow around here. I’m jealous.
I like your photos. Especially the one with the trees in the middle of your post.
We had snow spits… I’d rather have the real deal if it has to be this cold
no snow and that’s completely fine with me……………………….
Completely lovely – the pictures and the words. Thanks.
a winter wonderland
Well, gosh. At least it’s getting a little warmer, and you can enjoy it! JoyJoy indeed!
I’m pretty impressed with the poetic feel I grokked while reading this.
I’d rather have neither version of the snow, especially this late in April. Purdy pictures, though!
winter wonderland that it is, just got off the phone with Syd, feeling sorry for myself today and she always make me better and made me realize that Will is just a jackarse, and has been all along
You really captured some beautiful shots. I live in the desert southwest, so I’m definitely missing out on some gorgeous atmospheres.
I also appreciated your poetic paragraph about the two-note songbird. That was really touching.
I enjoyed reading your post. I especially felt warmth reading the feelings you evoked in some. Uh,oh. Lets see. Our own weather last week was very spring like, 70′s. Then in 3 months we will be enjoying our summer peaches. I like nectarines better because they’re not fuzzy on the outside. HUH! WARM AND FUZZY IN THE SAME PARAGRAPH !Nah,not even close to your warm and fuzzy. Drats drats.Someday…
@Debski08 - I like nectarines better, too. I peel peaches, but can stand to eat the finer fuzz on apricots, my favorite fruit. We used to have an apricot tree in the yard at one house in San Jose, and two peach trees at the place we moved to from there. Here, there will be wild berries in August, and some imported wild Siberian strawberries in July, but they are tart, not sweet.
I got Outside (That’s what we call anyplace but Alaska — some people also say, “out in the world.”) for the winter twice during the 1990s, and one of the best things was fresh fruit at reasonable prices.
Keep on writing. It’s as much a matter of seeing your own ideas down on the page, as anything else. The more you do it, the more chances you have to leave out the stuff that doesn’t please you and put in different stuff that does.
Gawd, I hope that made sense.