ten reasons for winter in march blizzard

March 6, 2011 Blizzard in New York

1. "Snow Falling on Cedars" because it's the perfect image
2. anticipatory spring fever ~ crocus, daffodil have already poked out
3. the coffee smells intoxicating
   
4. rhododendrons, cedar, hemlock are green against the white
   
5. the silhouette of maple, oak, ash branches on a blue-gray sky is for watercolorists
6. reruns of film noir are on TCM
7. you can see the wind in snowspouts
   
8. it's not Siberia
   
9. there's nothing like a group of people pushing someone out of a snowbank for happy comradarie
   
10. it gives you time to think . . . think about spring.