“It's coming down
Snow lays on the chainfields
There's a blessing on the ground
It's coming down,
If your lanes are crammed with children
There's a blessing on your town.
On a lucky Monday, Mrs. Braintree
All your lanes are waxen silver
And the stores are loot for vagabonds
It's coming down
Go home! Go home and take a snow day, Mrs. Braintree!
Mrs. Braintree, you're a chilly northern woman
Go home from yonder bus stop
Because there's a blessing on the ground
Mrs. Braintree, it is written
When the snows come over Dixie
All the roads are closed and the stores are loot for vagabonds.”
Trip Shakespeare “Snow Day”
So from Sunday night through Monday evening we officially received around 6 inches of beautiful, white, sparkling snow! I was reminded how fun it is to spend almost a whole day playing in fresh soft powder that seems to soften the fall as one gets ready to make a sweet snow angel. Thanks to Martin Luther King Jr. I was given the gift of having Monday off to relax. And what better way to relax than to enjoy six inches of new snow than to play around outside. Joel and I found ourselves giggling (do men giggle? okay probably not, so I giggled and he laughed) and getting in snowball fights at Indian Lake County Park right outside of Madison. It was one of the best and one of the most relaxing days; and I certainly needed it after my previous work week! So grab your snowshoes, head outside and then enjoy some hot cocoa!
