In which we update

[jesshartley]

It's hard not to wax poetic when you're warm and safe inside with a cup of hot chai wafting spicy steam at your fingertips, and just outside your office window is a beautiful winter wonderland.

The oak in our yard that last week was looking scrawny and decrepit is an entirely different creature when frosted in white, bronze leaves still clinging tenaciously to the southern branches.

The snowfall covers a multitude of sins, but predominantly sloth in our case. Our yard is now as pristine and perfect as my fastidious neighbors' manicured lawn was a week ago. Beneath several inches of equalizing white, no one can tell that we haven't yet raked the last of the autumn leaves, or that our attempts at New England lawn maintenance were less than successful.

The schools are closed, all across New England, and there will be no commute to Northampton for the Viking. Even New Englanders are staying home today if they possibly can. Instead, he's home and he and Tum are going to make cookies while I finish my last freelancing project. After that, other than revisions, I have nothing pressing. No major deadlines, self-imposed or otherwise, for the first time since August when I promised myself I'd finish La Serenissima by the end of September.

Six to ten inches of wonderful, fluffy three-day-weekend inducing, family-time creating, look-out-the-window-and-ya-gotta-smile snow.

Life is good.

Comments

[generalbullet.livejournal.com]

Three to ten inches shuts down New England? BAH!

Up here it takes two to three FEET to shut things down. i don't EVER remember getting a day off of school. Oh wait, there was that ONE time.... when it was blizzarding ooutside so badly that if you had a single inch of exposed skin it was frozen in under a minute. yeah.

But snow is a wonderful thing and i'm glad you're enjoying. wait til you have to shovel the walks. you won't be so excited then :D

[agrimony.livejournal.com]

Three to ten inches does not close down entire states, but it does give snow days and closes some office based businesses. What shuts down actual states is ice storms. :) In this day and age, however, snow days happen because schools don't want to get sued and, really, I can't blame them.

[prettyarbitrary.livejournal.com]

I agree, 8 or 10 inches isn't enough to cause more than a delay while the plows get the roads cleared (it did snow heavily through the morning, after all). Put the chains on the bus tires and don't speed on your way to the grocery market, and everything's fine.

Sometimes I think Pennsylvania gets more snow than New England. I suppose it's because of Lake Erie. 'Course, we got nothing on Buffalo. Those guys'll take a 4-foot snowstorm and have the airport runways cleared by 9 am. They don't think they have a lot of snow until it clears 7 feet. Lucky they've got a lake to push it all into... :)

[morland.livejournal.com]

Aren't those just wonderful conditions to write in. I love snow. I received far too much of it in Wisconsin over the course of 4 years, but even a couple of feet is a good thing. Enjoy it and take pictures for us!

:o)

[prettyarbitrary.livejournal.com]

*bounces happily* Here too! 8 inches! It's just gorgeous. I thought of calling off work, but I came just so I could tramp through the snow in the morning, before all the sidewalks were shovelled and while it was still snowing a bit. SO beautiful!

I'm going home early today, though, so I can play around on my own terms. :) SQUEE!

mmmm chai!

[etherealepona.livejournal.com]

The only thing missing from your montage is a roaring fire in the fireplace, puppy at your feet (at least you have one of those available for such things) and lit candles.

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[shiseidowings.livejournal.com]

It sounds beautiful! Wish it would snow here. Just freaking cold!! BRRR!!