December 7, 2006 ~ Sticking
Thursday.
The first sticking snow of the year just started falling a half an hour ago. When I look out my study window, I see this:
I took Grove out to the porch in it. He stared with huge eyes, then started sticking out his tongue and reaching out his hands trying to catch the flakes as they fell. They brushed his cheeks and one landed on his nose.
It's about twenty-five degrees out there (Fahrenheit), so even when the flakes hit skin, they take a while to melt. They look like fluffy lace draped over everything on the porch.
It won't amount to much, I'm sure, with these patchy clouds. But it has been a pretty afternoon, and with the cold temperatures we're supposed to have for the next few days, it should stick around for at least a little while.
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