Thursday 7 August 2008

My first snow!

An amazing day for us today - snow!! Neither I nor any of my kids have seen snow before, so it was very special. The locals said the snowflakes were the biggest they'd ever seen - the size of fifty cent pieces. It was overwhelmingly beautiful, & a whole lot of fun for the kids at school. The photo below is my daughter's English class . Hmmm, not much English done today! The weather forecast is predicting significant snow to come. Very exciting! More snow arrived tonight, which inevitably meant some after dinner snowball fights! And would that happen to be my son in his pyjama pants? Well of course! I realise snow is a bit ho-hum for so many of you from the Northern Hemisphere, but for me seeing snow falling from the sky for the very first time today, I was overwhelmed by it's transforming beauty, and it's amazing silence! A friend's young child thought it was God fluffing his pillows & showering us with loose feathers! I was awestruck by His creation today.

14 comments:

  1. Simply beautiful! Enjoy iy while you can I say. Stay warm! Jo x

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  2. Although I've experienced snow all during my lifetime, I still feel excitement when it falls. It's still beautiful and always makes me feel good. Seeing it for the first time would be exciting. Your post is making me look forward to when the cold weather comes my way again in a few months.

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  3. We very seldom see snow and always react with such glee! Love the excitement the kids seem to be exhibiting!

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  4. I can only imagine how thrilled you are over seeing the first snow. As we are having a lot of snow during our winters. Snow is so clean and peaceful. Stay warm and enjoy the snow. And make a snowball and put it down your DH neck LOL

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  5. Oh yikkeess..snow... ;o)
    But for you I would say...enjoy it while it lasts... and what I like best with snow...is that everything looks so fresh...white and fluffy...and the light...not so dark afterwards... but I do hate the cold... ;o)

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  6. Ohhhh, how nice, the photos are fantastic......

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  7. Great pics I would be excited too I love the look of snow falling haven't been to the snow for years....Enjoy.
    cheers
    maree

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  8. The snow can be beautiful but you get tired after some time.

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  9. Oh Ros, at last, it arrived for you all to enjoy.... Can my daughter come and live with you? She wants to see the snow too.....

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  10. I miss the snow it is so pretty I used to like to sit at the windiw at night time and watch it fall under the street lights its like a winter wonderland.enjoy it while you can.
    Hugs Mary.

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  11. How exciting for all of you! I love snow myself. Just wait until you lay your eyes on an actual snowflake. Talk about God's beauty!!!!!!!!!!

    Enjoy it, it's 100+ here.

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  12. So glad you finally got to see the snow, just wish we were there to see it this time as well... It better snow next year when we will definately be there!! My cousing (from Orange)came to visit us this weekend so he has missed it all.

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  13. Enjoy the snow! I don't want it to come at my place yet, but it is very facinating
    to watch the snow falling slowly and so silent on to the ground. And the special silence you feel outside is amazing!

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  14. Enjoy the snow! I love it and I think I'll always will, it is so beautiful! I'm glad you had the chance to see it, smell it and feel it!
    Thanks for the recipe, I'm going to try it!

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