Sunday, December 03, 2006

The Silence of the Snow, Again


Winter arrived on Friday, December 1, with the first heavy snowfall of the season. We had been hoping that our new fireplace insert would be installed that day, but the combination of freezing rain, ice pellets, and finally snow, made that impossible. As the temperature plummeted we prayed the electricity, our only source of heat, would not go out. After dinner we went out for a walk, and all around it was still and dark, except for the warm glow of lights from our house and our neighbours'.


Two days later it was still snowing. Looking at this picture you can almost hear the silence.


Thanks to Hydro-Québec it was nice and cozy in the house. Who wants to go back to the city on a day like this?

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