Painting the Glazow with thoughts of Spring

On March 6 the grandkids came over for mid-winter break.  It was a bitter cold day but Mekayla said something about painting the snow.  Typically this is done with spray bottles filled with water dyed with food coloring.  I don't have the spray bottles, but the snow had a icy slick over it on account of freezing rain the previous Tuesday.  I told the kids that the Inuit have many words for snow and that I decided to name the snow glazow for glazed snow.  The glazow made an interesting "canvas."  Our thoughts of spring made charming images and so it was worth it to brave the cold for a few minutes.  But, it was so cold that the water froze in the containers before our eyes!

Yesterday warmth passed through melting our Spring Dreams and leaving no detectable trace of their being.