Snow - My Final Comments

I have been a TERRIBLE blogger lately. Admittedly, work and house-hunting have been all consuming - if not in hours in stress, so my creative juices have not been flowing.  I will try to make it up to you. 

In an ode to my friends and relatives back East, who I understand are experiencing snow today, while we are basking in glorious, snow-melting sunshine that makes every coat I have up here too warm to wear, I will make what I hope is my final comment about snow (for this season).

As I continue to mention, the snow here is much different than at home. It binds different - allowing the blocks to be made for igloos, and it melts different.  Yesterday while ice fishing, I watched kids create walls of snow, a la an igloo, to protect them from the wind with nothing more than a small shovel. It was efficient and effective and fascinating to watch!

I have also been in awe over just how much snow melts each day when the temperature truly is just about zero (out of the wind). 

What allows both of these to occur is how the snow binds and flakes together (and apart).  I am not a scientist and I cannot explain it, but I have taken a few photos in an effort to demonstrate. Here is my photographic thousand words.