#15 Feelings about snow

[kaberett]

... are dependent on my geographical context. In cities I like it for the first few hours and then find it enormously stressful, because it massively increases the difficulty of getting around (balancing becomes much harder; if I'm wheeling, control is hugely more difficult and my hands get soaked in freezing water and it's the worst thing).

Whereas: in mountains I adore it and even in relatively flat countryside I adore it. Basically, anywhere it's not going to get compacted to ice. Because it smells good (I love the smell of approaching snow) and it reminds me of glaciers and it makes the world blue and dazzling and -- yes. It feels like home, for one of my various definitions of home, and that is a comfort and a grace.

Comments

[swaldman]

We have the perfect amount of snow at present : it's pretty on the hilltops, and a thin layer crunches underfoot in the shadows, but there isn't enough to get in the way.

Shame the rest of the weather is so shit ;-)