Snow

After living vicariously through some intense and beautiful weather in Kurasawa’s Throne of Blood at Ginna’s last night, we looked outside to find that we were experiencing some real life intense and beautiful weather. Yep– it was snowing in Spartanburg. To give you some perspective on what a big deal this is, most of the snow had melted by this morning, but still all the schools were closed and so were many businesses. No one came into work here at Hub-Bub (except us, but we have a notably easier commute).

I’ve never really liked snow. I never lived with it until I lived in New York, and city snow gets nasty quick. But it was nice last night. The trees looked crystalline. Everything was covered in white, quiet and undisturbed.

In light of my last post, I couldn’t resist this picture:

I took these pictures while Derya tried to play in the snow. I think she gave up when she realized that a) there wasn’t that much snow on the ground b) I don’t even know how to play with her, having limited snow experience and c) it’s not that much fun when you’re alone and over 12. She did throw a gigantic snowball against the building, and made a snow angel, which is the last of these pictures.

Despite my last name, my snow angel was much less successful, as evidenced by its tiny head, sickly wings, thin bottom half (due to my very limited leg flexibility), and the fact that I stepped all over its abdomen.

I’ve been enjoying the snow day, though I can’t say it’s much different than most other days. My life in Spartanburg is sometimes one long snow day.