Oh! My! Gosh!

IT'S SNOWING! Well, of course, it's snowing.........WE LIVE IN PENNSYLVANIA!!!

So, John and I slept on an air mattress in the living last night - something that we do periodically throughout the year just for fun.  During this time of year, we do it so that we can sleep in the magic glow of the lights on the Christmas tree.  Multi-colored Christmas lights are my favorite - and they're even better in my fuzzy vision without my glasses!

Waking up this morning, we opened the living room curtains and watched the snow begin to fall.  It was - and still is - glorious!!! It's so continuously, moment by moment amazing that we live here now where it snows as a normal part of the everyday of every day!! And - holy shit - when the wind picks up and blows the snow off the roof right in front of the living room window - it's stunning!!!!  I CANNOT get enough of this!  Nor will any of you 'brave' enough to read anything I write for the next few months..........:)

Anyways, as I lay there on the air mattress - and it's a good one, it held the air really well, and wasn't squishy at all - watching the snow, I had some thoughts..........

First, I imagined the first snowflake to land on one of the tree branches.  Here was that first little guy out of the clouds eager to jump on a branch as opposed to landing on the ground and immediately melting (as he'd heard so many stories about).  And he sits there alone for awhile looking as other snowflakes come and pass him by.......no one landing on the same branch with him.  "Hey," he calls out.  "Wanna sit here......?" And he begins to wonder if anyone will ever join him on the branch, when all of a sudden a fellow snowflake lands a few inches away.  "Hey! Nice to see you!! Glad you could join me!"  And then another, and another and another - until the branch starts to fill up.  And the first snowflake is so happy that others have joined him and he doesn't feel alone or insignificant anymore.  This goes on for a few minutes, the branch getting more and more crowded with snowflakes.  All of a sudden the snowflake realizes that it's getting really crowded and no one is really paying any attention to him.  "Hey...........what are you talking about? What are you guys doing over there?"  And then the branch gets so full that the snowflake feels alone and insignificant again.............

Later, while John and I were watching the newer "Miracle on 34th Street" - the one with the adorable Mara Wilson - the snow was coming down faster in a swirling pattern.  And it occurred to me that another snowflake story could be happening.....

Again, a first snowflake lands on a tree branch and invites other snowflakes to join him.  They do right away - and it's a party! They're having a great time - inviting lots of other snowflakes, who gladly land on the branch crowding in to the fun!  Pretty soon, it's really crowded and the first snowflake is starting to feel squished.  "Hey, guys, maybe some of you should blow over to the other branch.  It's getting kinda crowded here."  His face was getting smooshed so that he couldn't talk very well, "Thish ish a great pardy everyone but its gedding hard to breave and tak......"  And the last thing we see is his little snowflake point getting buried in the rush of party goers crowding on top of the same branch..........

But what a way to go!!