1 - my bus stop 2 - the combini next to my bus stop
After getting off at my bus stop and wading through drifts that skimmed the very tops of my size 12 rainboots, I can say that, with every fiber of my being, I am a believer. And it is still coming down! 80 cm more predicted for tonight, and the forecast is nothing but snow for the next two days. Despite the horrified looks of my friends and coworkers and the fact that the temperature in my apartment has reached a new low (2 C / 36 F), I am delighted! I'm not sure what is it about the gigantic layer of crystallized water outside that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, but who am I to question warmth, imagined or otherwise?
3 - across the street 4 - cars on the walk home
My internal glow combined with the miraculous disappearance of all moisture and condensation (take that, mold!) from my apartment makes for one happy camper. That said, I have now retreated, kerosene heater in tow, to my bedroom, leaving my living room and kitchen to battle the elements to the best of their meager abilities. I'll check on them again when spring rolls around. The fact that they remain within 2 degrees of the temperature outside does have it's up-sides, namely that I could open my living room window to photograph the snow without noticing any significant heat loss or temperature change. :D
5 and 6 - the view from my living room window
In all likelihood, by the start of next week Kanazawa will have returned to it's damp and slushy self, but in the mean time... in the lane, snow is glistening....
The photos were all taken this evening on my iPhone.
