Winter Snow

winter scene

Winter snow

winter snow

winter snow

Last weekend we finally had our (belated) Christmas wish granted. I was woken up on a Sunday morning by the sounds of laughter and squeals of delight from my neighbour’s children running around in their back garden. But it was only when I heard the magic word ‘SNOW’ that I lunged out of bed to look outside the window. Everything was blanketed in gorgeous white snow, it was like waking up to a perfect winter wonderland.

I remember when I was younger, snow was more common and something to be expected every winter, especially during Christmas. I have vivid memories of crazy snowball fights at school, where if you weren’t careful you would get ambushed coming out of classes, and dragging sleighs up and rode down the snowy hills with friends just before we break for Christmas. But in recent years, we are seeing less and less of snow and it becomes something we yearn and hope for every winter. So this morning when nature surprised us with such a magical scene, you could truly feel the excitement in the air.

Everybody was out enjoying the snow. Families with young kids riding their sleighs, dogs running around like mad (Lucas, my mini dachshund included!) in the snow-covered field. Laughter could be heard from everywhere. You couldn’t have asked for a better atmosphere. It also makes me feel a little sad that moments like these are becoming rarer and rarer. Climate change is more real than ever and it is slowly but surely starting to affect our lives. It won’t go away unless we make a conscious choice to make a change and actively do something about it. It doesn’t matter how small the action, it will still make a difference as long as we start.

Hope everyone in the UK got to enjoy the lovely snow over the weekend!