The First Day of Winter

While it might seem a little silly to celebrate #TheFirstDayOfWinter on a global medium like the internet it is still a lot of fun. Currently (just in North America) some folks are strolling around in shorts and tee-shirts, some are bemoaning the rain and wind and some have been knee deep in the white stuff for months. But whatever an aspiring author's location or clime winter is a great time to get some writing done. Here are a few writing prompts!

1) *Something* is hiding in the picture above. What is it and why is it there?
2)Anthropomorphize a snowflake as it is "born" and grows and then falls.
3)Something wakes up a hibernating bear on the first day of winter.
4)A search and rescue team finds something supernatural at a crash site.
5)A banana tree is growing and fruiting in the middle of an ice field.
6)A reindeer team challenges a husky team to a race.
7)A goldfish in an outdoor pond views the world above through a layer of ice.
8)A squirrel has decorated his nest. Describe it.
9)Strange lights appear over a garbage dump covered in snow and the snow is gone in the morning, only over the dump.
​10)A mad scientist invents a "better" snow removal device.