[KeithUrbanfan]

Pretty

[FoxPhile]

[KeithUrbanfan]

Originally Posted by FoxPhile (View Post)

[FoxPhile]

Kentucky Derby Day

[KeithUrbanfan]

Love that

[FoxPhile]

Today is National Tourism Day.

If you could visit any place in the world, where would you go?

[KeithUrbanfan]

Austin

[FoxPhile]

Interesting choice. Can't say I'd want to go anywhere in Texas - too hot. I'd love to go back to Bermuda and I'd love to visit Iceland.

[KeithUrbanfan]

Interesting with me with arthritis that would hurt

[FoxPhile]

I'd love to see a volcano. I've already seen a glacier.

[KeithUrbanfan]

I always wanted to see snow

[FoxPhile]

I've seen some pretty big snowstorms, but I still love snow.

[KeithUrbanfan]

Is it pretty

[FoxPhile]

It is very pretty.

When it's falling it's like lots of tiny white stars floating in the air. Each snowflake glitters just a little bit and when it's falling softly, it's like a lot of glittery white confetti.

Things also get very quiet when it's falling. I think because there's usually not much wind, unless it's a blizzard. All the animals take shelter, so they don't make noise either and most people don't go out if they don't have to, so there's no traffic. But I think it's also something to do with the snowfall itself, like it dampens all the other sound. You can actually hear the snowflakes hit the ground. They make a soft little crackling noise.

Once it's on the ground, there are different stages depending on how much there is. At first there's a thin white blanket on the ground and you can see spears of green grass scattered throughout the white. Part of the beauty there is how other things are framed in white. One of the prettiest thing is an early Fall or late Spring snow when there are flowers and the flowers are peaking out of a blanket of white. Then as the snow gets deeper, everything is covered in white. There's no grass, and things like fences and cars and patio furniture get buried with just little bits sticking up through the snow.

[KeithUrbanfan]

Pretty