The largest snowfall in the High Country in two years fell on January 17, 2013. This is the first accumulating snowfall of the season with snow fall reported between six and ten inches around the region. Needless to say, power outages were prevalent with this storm.
The Snow-Storm by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,
Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,
Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air
Hides hills and woods, the river and the heaven,
And veils the farmhouse at the garden's end.
The steed and traveler stopped, the courier's feet
Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit
Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed
In a tumultuous privacy of storm.
Come see the north wind's masonry
Out of an unseen quarry evermore
Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer
Curves his white bastions with projected roof
Round every windward stake, or tree, or door.
Speeding, the myriad-handed, his wild work
So fanciful, so savage, nought cares he
For number or proportion. Mockingly,
On coop or kennel he hangs Parian wreaths;
A swan-like form invests the hidden thorn;
Fills up the farmer's lane from wall to wall,
Maugre the farmer's sighs; and, at the gate,
A tapering turret overtops the work.
And when his hours are numbered, and the world
Is all his own, retiring, as he were not,
Leaves, when the sun appears, astonished Art
To mimic in slow structure, stone by stone,
Built in an age, the mad wind's night-work,
The frolic architecture of the snow.
It is
amazing what goodies that can be found at Goodwill. My friend's holiday pattern is Winterberry by Pfaltzgraff and I found a new in the box 8-Inch Stoneware Trivet and
eight 7” plates that could be used as a ‘bread', 'dessert', 'piece of fruit', or the
'sneaking a snack' plate.
Pfaltzgraff’s
Winterberry has been a holiday classic for over 20 years with it’s bright holly
berries, embossed accents and tree-green banding, on glossy white. One nice
feature about the Winterberry collection is that although holiday related it
can be used before and after Christmas since it doesn't have a Christmas tree
on it. Winterberry is a beautiful design and possibly the best-loved holiday pattern and
makes a festive companion to any holiday table.
