This morning I woke up to see everything covered with a thick blanket of snow, and more falling. It’s rare that we get this much snow, so when we do, it’s a real event. The snow is wet, so it sticks to everything. The bamboo is weighted down to the ground, and the trunks of the trees outside my window are covered with snow on the north side, where the wind was coming from. It’s beautiful, the classic winter picture. It’s amazing how snow transforms everything ordinary into something magical.
The down side is that our power has flickered off several times this morning, and so has my internet connection, so I’m going to do a quick post now in case these things go down for an extended period of time. One rule of nature seems to be that preparing for the worst ensures that it won’t happen. Now I’m going for a walk in the snow, but before I do, this is a reminder that there’s a perfume drawing in the post just before this one, so scroll down and enter to win a 5 ml spray bottle of Kyphi.
[The photos were taken last time we had a big snowstorm, a couple of years ago. The blooming bougainvillea is inside!]
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Oh, envying you your snow day. It's been trying very hard to snow seriously here in Vancouver for the last few nights, but nothing has stuck. The sun is gorgeous, but it would be beautiful to see a coat on the trees and grass for at least a day or two.
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