Hey y’all! Guess what? It’s finally SNOWING! I’m watching the snow fall through the window from the comfort of my warm and cozy bed as I type this on Sunday afternoon. I was beginning to think we may have New York City’s first snowless winter. And OF COURSE we would have a snowless winter after I finally broke down and purchased snow boots. But alas, the snow has arrived. Maybe it has to do with growing up in Texas, where it rarely snows, but i still get giddy with anticipation with every snowfall. I regretfully can’t sense the snow, like Lorelai can, but I love it just like she does. (P.S. have you heard the latest on the revival?!)
Six or seven years ago, Dallas got its largest snowfall ever (it was only about a foot), but the whole city shut down for several days. Shelby and I built our first ever snowman- Sally. Sally had oreo eyes and an m&m mouth and looked so stylish in her striped scarf. I realized that day that building a snowman is very hard work.
It was so fun to see our neighborhood completely transformed under a magical blanket of snow.
The first major snowstorm I experienced after moving to NYC actually occurred just a few days after hurricane Sandy hit. That was a weird weather week. It’s crazy to think that occurred the first week of November and here we are mid-January just now seeing the first flakes of the winter season.
Central Park after a big snowstorm is one of my favorite places in the entire world. I can’t wait for my yearly Central Park snow walk this winter. When it’s still snowing in May, we’ll see if I still feel the same way about snow. Spoiler alert- I probably will still love it just the same 🙂
I’ll leave you with this poem I found while I was cleaning up the notes in my phone this weekend. I wrote it really late one night a few years ago while watching the snow blanket the city from my apartment window.
The city streets are quiet
No one in sight
The snow is softly falling
What a pretty night
Where do you fall on the topic of snow? Love it? Or over it?
-Ashley xx