Winter wonder

I’m just taking a scheduled break from my own blog plans to say how much I love this weather we’re having. (After writing my last post, I also realised I didn’t know what order the other posts should be, so this is a great excuse to put that off.)

It was raining hard around two yesterday afternoon, as I’m sure everyone who had to go out knew. It was wonderful. For once the rain was pouring down in torrents instead of that indecisive drizzle we’ve been having for so long. I like a sky that can make up its mind. Dribbles are not my thing.

Then while we were discussing Frankenstein in English, the rain turned into what looked like torn-up pieces of paper, and that was my first snow.

It disappeared by the time I came out of class but icy flakes were falling again around dinner-time and splattering all over my hoodie, before melting away a few minutes after I stepped inside a warmer building. By the time I came out from dinner, there were tiny piles of soggy ice on the ground. At first I hadn’t a clue what it was, and as I said to my friend, I was wondering why there were suddenly so many dead leaves lying around.

So I danced my way through the slush, or whatever it is (I don’t know snow lingo), to get to the SUB (Student Union Building) for my ballroom class. My feet were frozen and my shoes wet through and through from jumping from dry spot to dry spot or just wading right through the pools and pools of wet, and the most delightful part of it all is when you get to go home and take a steaming hot shower to warm yourself right up.

And today the sun is shining like there’s no tomorrow and the sky is a blue blue cloudless blue, so everyone can be happy now (and not just me!).

I will hate it if there is a power outage like the one people say they had last year. No hot water and electricity? Sad face.

Lastly, there is a little tree next to the main entrance of my house that is growing furry little buds. I don’t know what it is called — I remember reading a children’s tale about kittens’ tails for the name of this particular tree. But the buds are grey and if you touch them, they are fuzzy!