We have gotten really slammed with snow again. And I love it. I spent my childhood in Florida so this is all magical to me. Yes, I've spent the last 20+ years here, but the child in me is saying, "Wow! Snow!" It's all in the perspective...Because, really: Roads snowed in? Shops closed? Things postponed? Fine by me. Magic is preferred. The snow is thigh-high out there. Nothing is happening, anywhere. And it's marvelous.
And thunder during a raging snowstorm? Perfection.
I even took the dogs out around the block. At least, I started to. It was like a scene out of Call of the Wild but without the wolves. Incredible drifts of snow, broken snow-laden pines, hunger, no end in sight....we went about half a block before I realized I was not dressed warmly enough, and, coupled with the fact that I hadn't put the dogs on leashes and there was a large bear of a dog baying at us about four houses down, and my Polaroid camera was getting snow on it, we turned back.
Also, I think I may have injured some muscles snow shoveling. So I'm gonna go do some stretching to work on that.
And I highly recommend Happy-Go-Lucky as a movie to watch on a snow day. Or any day.
10 comments:
Love these polaroids.
Thanks! They turned very blue due, I think, to the cold.
I love it when everything shuts down! We had a huge power outage back in the 90s and most of our county was out of power for about a week. Everyone was complaining, but I secretly loved that no one could turn the tv on, we had to gather up all of our little battery powered gadgets, and eat whatever uncooked foods were available. Ahh simplicity :)
I always got excited growing up when a thunderstorm would knock out the power for a few hours and we would go to the candle drawer and light candles. I light candles each night now even with the power on and it's still preferable to electric light!! (Except for reading.) But a WEEK? Goodness! We would be eating a lot of weird foods for sure. The ice cream first, obviously...
i love, love, love those photos.
they really capture how insulated and cozy a big snowstorm makes everything feel.
Gorgeous photos!! I remember racing for the ice cream whenever we lost electricity - it was our blackout treat. I think my mom started it to stop me from being afraid of the dark... and it worked.
I'm glad you like winter but me... I could do with some warmth right about now. :o)
The first photo absolutely takes my breath away. Love! I hope someday my Polaroids can be as beautiful.
Thank you for your comment on my Blog It Forward post. That is one of my very favorite pictures from my whole childhood.
Renee: Thanks! It has been pretty cozy around here. A leetle too cozy, in fact: I can't wait to get outside in the sun today!
Victoria: I am SO ready for warmer weather! In fact, I'm going to San Francisco for a week in about 8 days. Hopefully that'll warm me up!
Jessica: Whenever I go out to take Polaroids, the first one is often crummy because I'm too excited to take my time setting it up: but the next ones are often better.
And yes, there's something so great about those old pictures of when we were really young, doing our thing and living our loves!
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