5 Reasons I Love Snow

2008 January 03

by Tyler

Those of you who know me, know that I love snow. I live at 200 feet above sea level in Oregon and snow isn’t really abundant in these parts. I always get at least somewhat excited about the possibility of snow in the forecast, only to be disappointed almost every time. So I thought about why it is that snow is so wonderful to me.

1. Snow brings different colors to life. Most of the time things are either yellow or green. Snow covers all that to make things white.

2. Snow changes the pace of life. We all have routines to our daily life. We work from 8 to 5 or we always do grocery shopping on Tuesday night, snow changes all that. We can’t drive as fast, we want to get outside to enjoy it, or we have to shovel the drive way (of course this never happens in Oregon).

3. Sledding. Who doesn’t love sledding?

4. A day off. Anytime it snows in Oregon, school is canceled. This, in turn, means a lot of businesses are closed. Nothing is better than an unexpected day off.

5. It is peaceful. Snow doesn’t make much noise. It rains a lot here and the pitter patter gets old after 5 months of it.

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mirandita

i like to eat snow, but Sean is totally grossed out by it. i say if you avoid the yellow stuff, you’re golden.
Mr. & Mrs. Anderson

Tyler braun! you can’t say you NEVER use a snow shovel in Oregon (because i have one in my garage, and let me tell you, it gets used), or school is ALWAYS canceled for snow!

Move to Bend, its the place to be.

I would agree, i LOVE the snow, which is why Ian and i don’t ever plan on living in the valley ever again.
colorwheel

Snow, hands down is better than rain.
Even with less daylight in an extreme northern latitude, snow reflects light, so it seems much more bright than Willamette Valley winters.
Skiing. Snowshoeing. Extreme tubing. Peaceful walks in warm boots. Neighbor helping neighbor.
Hot drinks. Hot tubs. Down comforters.
http://snowjunkie.wordpress.com/ snowjunkie

Nothing on this earth is better than being 10,000ft on top of a mountain in a pair of skis. Nothing.
cc

You say snow doesn’t make much noise, it goes even further than that – the shape of snowflakes actually muffles sound to make things quieter… once in a blue moon we get “thundersnow” here in upstate ny, it is an strange and amazing thing to see… the sky all around you flashing from the snow-diffused light of the lightning, the landscape glowing white, and you rarely hear more than a low rumble of thunder – because the snowflakes muffle both the sound and the light.
Gary

Snow has so many great aspects and you covered many of them. Snow is never same twice when it falls or covers the ground. I get this energy when it’s going to snow and can’t sleep. Sometimes snow sounds like a fire crackling, as you’ll see in my video. I made this because I love snow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ktgK0H2JE4