it’s a black and white world right now
I know, talking about the snow is getting SO OLD. Posting pictures of the snow, the same. But I haven’t done so yet this year, and even though I’ve been living in the north for 7 years now, snow is still an exciting thing for a Texan – especially this much snow.
As much as I complain about the soul suck of my job, one good thing about it is that for the most part, it’s possible for me to work from home if I need or want to. And today I wanted to, because of the silly pronouncement of the “snowricane” or “snowrnado” (depending on which weather site you pick). Reports of Gusting! Winds! UP TO 75 miles per hour! Days and days of power outages expected! Watch out! And also: back alert weather. The snow is heavy, and you might hurt your back so watch out.
We haven’t had the winds – at least here in Manhattan – but it has been snowing without stopping all day long. It started snowing before 7am and there hasn’t been a moment’s pause. Some hours the flakes are huge, like monarch butterflies, and other times they’re normal sizes. The trees are hanging with heavy snow on the branches – all the way out to the tips, hanging heavy. The snow is so wet, it falls in fists off the ends of the branches. It’s really pretty. I sit at a desk right by the window and work work work, pausing to glance out the window at the beautiful view. Want to see?
practically my back yard
pretty lampposts
Riverside Drive - so empty!
the end of my street
I know they look like black and white photos, but they’re not. It’s just a black and white world right now. Very very pretty – especially since I get to just watch it out my window.
Tonight I hope to get some knitting done, and I have a LOT to get done this weekend: making the pillows using my new fabric, finalizing a syllabus, and cutting out that wedding dress I still haven’t cut out.
Those pictures are absolutely gorgeous! I wish we were just a bit closer to snow (that’s how snow goes in California — it’s tied to elevation), I miss it sometimes. What are you writing your syllabus for? And I love that you’re connected to the press that produces my all-time favorite book, lucky you
(Also, that Ty-Dy? Great color — the socks I knitted out of that turned out beautifully.)
Nice backyard
We had a bit of snow this year as well, which is unusual in Paris. But as I did’nt get enough, we’re leaving on a week-vacation to Austria tonight ! I know I’ll enjoy this week in the austrian mountains…
Jocelyn, I can imagine missing the snow, now that I live with it. And in a way, I think it’s like enjoying other people’s babies when yours are late teenagers… and feeling glad that you get to hand them back to the parents. Enjoy the beauty vicariously, happy you don’t have to shovel. Or something like that. My metaphor probably breaks down.
The syllabus is for a course on sociology of the life course – which is a little strange, because I’m not a sociologist. But the program melds sociology and social psychology, which is my area, so it’s an interesting way to stretch my own understanding of things.
It’s just an awful awful time to be working in publishing, now that books aren’t selling and everyone wants their material online and free. The press itself is great, it’s just the historical moment in publishing that’s not so great.
And Kty, have a wonderful vacation in Austria! I hope you post photos!