Minnesotans Sigh With Relief

Yesterday we had snow for the first time in weeks. And this morning I woke up to see a snow covered world outside. As soon as I saw the snow-covered bird feeders outside our windows I felt like I could hear many

because the world looks right for the season again.

Marsh at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum yesterday

Though I have been enjoying the mild winter we’ve been having immensely, part of me was feeling a mild sense of discomfort and worry about what the long-term impact of this weather might be. Yesterday I thoroughly enjoyed exploring the snow-free landscapes at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, but it felt much more familiar and right somehow to see a snow covered world outside my windows this morning. I am still hoping that the milder weather continues and that this snow melts off fairly quickly.

All things are meltable, and replaceable. Not at this moment, but soon enough, we are lambs and we are leaves, and we are stars, and the shining, mysterious pond water itself.”
― Mary Oliver, Winter Hours: Prose, Prose Poems, and Poems

But today I am enjoying the beautiful snow covered world, fleeting though it may be. And I’m also remembering how it looked yesterday before the snow fell.

Did you also sigh with relief when you saw the snow covered world this morning? Soak up the beauty of the snow while it lasts my friends.

May you walk in beauty.