During the recent snow, at first I found it beautiful (if dangerous). The white snow blanketing all the ordinary things, covering them over, and making the world pristine and clean – even the most unattractive or boring things looked pretty all covered in snow. I went out for walks, gazing in wonder at it, taking endless photos.
Pretty snow
After the snow had been with us for over a week, I started to tire of the whiteness. On the drive down to my parents’ house on boxing day, the world was monochrome, and I got weary of it. I found myself staring out of the car window searching for some colour in the world. Occasional road signs looked very bright against the snow and cheered me up a little, but the mostly monochrome view went on for miles. It reminded me of one of Abi’s computer games she used to play where some kind of baddie stole all the colour in the world.
Monochrome view from the car
It was quite a relief when the thaw began and I realised that grass was showing through once again. I am very fond of the snow, but after this 2nd batch the novelty has really worn off. I like my world with colour in it (and also with roads safe to drive on!). The advantage of having had the snow, of course, is that it makes you appreciate what you don’t normally pay attention to. I’m looking forward to Spring now, when the leaves and flowers start to grow again and more colours return.
Colourful rhododendrons to look forward to
This was probably the highlight of the zoo for all of us – these cute ruffed lemurs and also loads of ring-tailed lemurs all climbing around and running along paths around us. The only thing wrong with it was that they were so incredibly cute I was dying to stroke one – they looked so cuddly! Cuddling the animals was definitely not allowed though.
