3 posts tagged “boston”

Snow is an unpredictable phenomenon in these global warming days. Some seasons it rears itself huge and ugly with storm after storm. More often, though, it's a vanishing act with pallid attempts at longevity. It invariably melts to nothing even after it comes down sideways, blown by harsh winds and sloppy, rather than frigid, temperatures.

Boston's had some significant downfall this season and a lot of it is still around. It looks the way I remember all winters looking: little mountains of snow banked against the part of the front lawn between the sidewalk and the street and a dusting of white everywhere, including cars, front porches and sidewalks. Today, though, I actually saw it snow and more than once in a day before disappearing once again. This morning's snow was light and small, blown here and there by the winds and settling down comfortably on top of the snow mounds already on the ground. It turned to rain shortly afterwards, though. I was disappointed. I wanted to see snow and not rain.

A few hours later the snow started up again but this time the flakes were heavy and fat. It was pretty amazing to see and it looked as if it might actually stick around for a while. Alas, that was not to be either. I did run out with the new video camera my parents got me for Christmas and took some footage of it, though:

I hope you can see it coming down, and also get a sense of how the snow has banked near the street. We haven't had this much in a while. It really does feel like winter when I look outside of my door. Perhaps that will spur my 2008 muse, which has been on vacation along with the rest of me this holiday!

I love flowers and trees of all description. The following were taken at a variety of different locations. I work not too far from the Boston Public Gardens so the flower bed and gorgeous weeping willow were taken there. A few weeks ago, when spring was barely along, I took the last photo on the right not far from the Arlington bike path.

It's so lovely this time of year: things aren't too hot yet and there's still a hint of freshness in the greenery. Soon enough it'll be oppressively hot, but for now things remain in balance.