Living in MN I grew to appreciate fall, a fact of nature one neglects to notice in the south because it doesn't exist. I used to think spring was my favorite season, until I really saw my first fall. Interesting though that in order to get that amazing spring and fall, you have to endure winter. Winter in MN is not so pleasant. It can be brutally cold, nippy and chilly doesn't even begin to describe the harsh reality of negative double digit temperatures and let's not even go into chill factors! Needless to say one has to learn to thaw out from car to office/home. However, I did learn to appreciate one of many beautiful facts of winter, the silent, peaceful snowfall.
It's the one where the snow takes center stage. Instead of overacting and pummelling you in angry outbursts, it instead has a gentleness about it. The wind has receded to let the snow have its limelight. The snowfall is soft and gentle, caressing you in loving warmth with its delicacy. You want to just stay there in that moment and let yourself be enveloped in its embrace. Then you realize you're standing in frozen ice sheets and you need to rush inside to thaw out your tootsies before you become seduced by the brutal mistress that is winter.
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