We woke this morning to several inches of snow on the ground and thick fat flakes wafting from above like feathers tumbling and drifting down from a ripped pillow. It was extraordinary, especially given that yesterday I was out in a t-shirt and my lightest weight jumper, and today we hauled out all the heaviest warmest winter woollies we own! Sophia had her first 'toboggan' ride (on cardboard packaging from Amazon.com!) and the park was full of people building snowmen, having snowball fights and generally taking in the magnificence of the landscape. Snow magically transforms everything into an object of beauty! It had all melted by mid afternoon, which made it all the more incredible.