blizzard

We had a blizzard this week. Been a while since I’ve been in the middle of that much wind and snow, where all the fences were coated with it, where you worried that the trees were going to fall. I’m glad I could stay warm and safe inside.

There was a moment, at night, after the wind died down. The trees were encased in ice, and still swaying in the last little bit of the storm, which made the ice crack. So the night was filled with the most ominous crinkling, snapping noises. Nothing loud, nothing obvious. Just this strange crystalline murmur at the back of my hearing that went on and on. It was gorgeous.

It’s all melted now, that’s what Colorado blizzards are all about — a day of awful and then warm sun and water. A nearby pond is filled with pelicans. Maybe now, finally, we’ll get some spring.