Snow on palm trees. It's cool....I mean cold. Though I am admittedly not winter's biggest fan, it's kind of fun to live in this bizarro world where you can wipe the snow off of an orange before you pluck it from the tree to eat.
We had our first snow day! It was more like a snow weekend actually, with everyone cozy at home- everyone, that is, but the students and teachers who had gone to Seoul for athletics but ended up stuck there for days after the airport closed! For the rest of us though, it was fantastic! Snow fell furiously and sometimes peacefully, snowmen were constructed, snowball fights were had, and when groceries ran low, people traded goods to get what they needed! I was given butter in exchange for the baking of muffins- lots of muffins!- and people gathered over apple cider to celebrate the pause in life the snow had given us. Art was made, Downton Abbey was watched, and the gift of rest was most enjoyed :)