Hello Snow… Now Go Away
It always starts off with a few innocent flakes. Little white puffs that drift slowly, gently gliding this way and that until they settle ever so delicately onto the ground.
Then more come and they start to melt on the surface of the road or the sidewalk, putting a thin little layer of water over the concrete. It then gets colder and this small little, thin, miniscule, layer of water turns the entire city into a damn ice rink. So you’re slipping and sliding while you’re trying to get shit done almost falling on your ass and wrenching your poor back to hell to keep yourself on your feet.
Not that I speak from experience or anything like that. Except that was pretty much me yesterday.
Don’t get me wrong, I like the look of winter, but that’s it, the look. It is something to be enjoyed from afar and maybe on ski hills but that’s it.
I was walking past the AGO late yesterday afternoon while the snow was blowing, trying to make my way to Above Ground. It was really quite beautiful; snow and glass lit by the lights accenting the new building’s wavy crown. I just wish I was enjoying it from the window of the organic coffee shop on the corner rather than on the curb.
Honestly though I am not a total Grinch. I’ll live out my snow joy through my dog; who had decided, in her infinite wisdom that snow is just the best thing ever. To her snow is the most useful thing ever. You can stick your nose in it and inhale it, roll in it, lick it, eat it, frolic, kick it up, dig and make interesting designs with your pee. That last one she finds particularly fun, especially when I ask her why she is trying to walk and pee at the same time.
Photo Credit via Tom Purves.
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