My First Snow After Nine Years!

I have not seen snow since I left Toronto in Dec 2001. The scenery is lovely. The white makes it pure and beautiful. This nice sense of beauty quickly evaporate once I step out to the freezing cold and slippery path. The road is dirty with brown slush.

Any decorations in the open is transformed to magical delights especially when lit up with all hundreds of tiny lights. This bring back memories of living in Toronto. The car need to be cleared of snow before driving, the driveway to the garage need to be shovelled before leaving for work, accidents galore on the highways and driving to work will take horrendous hours. Also there are sweet memories. B1 was a young boy in grade 2 or 3. Any small slope become a place to slide and tobboggan. A simple plastic disk like a giant wok will work. I remember him enjoying so much that he does not realise he is actually freezing. We have to force him home and his hands and feet are so cold.

B1 and B2 look so cute in their winter wear complete with scarfs, gloves and boots. They have fun building snowman at our front porch and backyard. We also have wonderful time visiting friends and inviting them over during our long Christmas break. Our office shutdown from 24th through Jan 2nd or 3rd.

Maybe we have to go for winter holiday somewhere next year.