Snow

Today, it decided to snow.
And by "it" I mean the clouds above Gambier. I guess the snow is just trying to make one last appearance before the curtains close on winter and springtime takes the stage. At least, that's what I'm hoping.

Snow is kind of a new thing for me. I mean, in this quantity. I don't remember much about the winters before I turned six and moved to South America. And we seldom came back to the U.S. in December (because that was when summer started in Brazil!). So when I moved to St. Louis, I was looking forward to the White Christmases that to me characterized the picturesque American holiday season. To my dismay, the snowfalls were few and far between.

This year was different. There was snow on the ground in Gambier from right after Thanksgiving until mid-February when we had a strange stint of sunny, warm days. It snowed the next weekend. And just as I thought I would begin to see the sun consistently and would be able to put my puffy coats and scarves away for the season, I look out the window and a million tiny dip n' dots start falling and sticking to the quiet, damp ground.

I can't wait for April.