“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!
2 comments:
this is awesome, shannon! on monday, jon and i wandered all around the arboretum having snow fights, too (and bizarrely enough, i made my own snow angel!).
great minds think alike :)
The song you quoted is one of my favorites! Of course its because I had LOTS of snow days when I was young. People from sunnier climates will never understand the joy of waking up to all that 'white stuff' and hearing the man on the radio say 'all public and private schools in..... are closed' Yipee, a day of snowmen, sliding, snow suits and skating. My only regret is that you girls only got a handful of snow days in your younger years. Glad you could enjoy this snow day.
Love Mom
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