Hi, my name is snow.
Remember me?
I hang out in winter.
I am winter.
Oh, this isn’t winter? What, with the Ides of March and St. Patty and Spring Forward and all?
Coyote Wall Syncline of the Columbia Gorge. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
Surfboards and boat floats, Snowmeggadon March 2019. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
I was a Snow Angel
when you were a kiddo.
A snowman you patted together with soggy gloves,
beaning neighbor kids with snow ammo.
Snowboarding the front yard - super-G downhill Olympics! The THRILL OF VICTORY! The agony of defeat!
Sticking your tongue out,
gulping down snow flakes like frosted flakes.
Doxie Doodle’s snow day. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
I am a snow dog day.
Nose and paws
porpoising up from the depths in the yard -
skying up, up and away!
Surfing frozen waves -
paws and tail and tongue
in mid air!
Barking and biting at little white treats…
sprinkled from above.
Catatonic inside. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
I am a Snow Day.
And another
and another
and another...
AM commute. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
I threaten life if you’re not careful.
I am power outages and
long term sub-freezing temps.
I am no internet! (Like, O M G!)
I am no longer just a day, or
a week, or
a month….
I am Snowmeggadon.
Snowpocalypse.
Hear me roar.
A force of nature.
I AM nature.
Was there ever any doubt about
who was in charge?
And you…
far below,
shovel driveways and sidewalks
and plow and scrape the roads,
unearthing cars from
my smothery, mothery snow blanket.
Yellow vee-dub. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
Cars don’t work in this stuff, so we go old school. Snow boots. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
I am icy roads and
spin outs
and
I am the heart of the hearth -
the fireplace glow.
And I am
digging out with my neighbors,
taking care of the quail in the yard,
defrosting the hummingbird feeder. Daily.
Quail neighbors and friends. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
I am snow bus routes and
snow days,
delaying school,
cutting into summer.
But it wasn’t so long ago
that I was
Drought Emergency Declaration 2015.
And Eagle Creek Wildfire, #1 fire in the country, 2017…
Be careful what you wish for.
Garden party. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
Oh, that’s right, but this isn’t winter.
We’re springing forward!
This isn’t Global Warming. Or Climate Change.
This is just…. The New Norm.
Snow day still life. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
Endless summers.
Never ending winters.
I once was
your Snow Angel.
Don’t you be so
Snowmeggadon Curmudgeon
now.
Our Snow Man. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org