Day After the Snowstorm
Mood:  cool
Topic: the field
Yesterday we had a foot plus of snow- it's the texture of all purpose flour and a delight to shovel - if you must- and to snowshoe in. Rei and I went to the field under this glorious blue sky and went across the windy corn part and into the forest. When we came out of the forest, the wind had left for other pastures and we were soon met by Neil on his snowshoes with his dog Casey, we agreed what a great day it was to be snowshoeing and how much better we like snowshoeing vs x-c skiing. The dogs played and wrestled in the deep drifts and their wet manes became icy and spikey from all the roughhousing in the snow. One set of tracks was there before us, but we met no other people or dogs, and hiked up the hill and around. it was very pleasant to walk with someone feeling as much joy as Neil seemed to be- he is a teacher and his school is having a snow day today. He let me try his trekking poles that I can't seem to decide if I should want or not- they are helpful going uphill, but I enjoy the freedom of just walking, arms swinging. Dog-patting, cookie getting, camera fishing, need a tissue kind of arms. This snow, while it did snow my team out of the second half of a hockey tournament, is the best snow of the winter so far.