It’s mid-February and an unexpected snow storm turned Portland into a winter wonderland. For a hot minute, I fretted over my emerging tulips that thought it was spring only a week before. And then I remembered, the only thing we can expect is the unexpected.
A combination of precipitation and freezing temperatures created a blanket of ice over the city. Giant Linden trees transformed into crystal chandeliers overnight. The next morning, in a moment of playful whimsy, Mother Nature ran her fingers through the trees turning them into the giant chimes…cha-cling, cha-cling. The bright winter sun bounced off the dangling ice like twinkling diamonds before crashing down with an anticlimactic, thud.
It takes a blanket of snow and a power outage to quiet a city. For a brief moment, the world is perfect and beautiful and still. Such moments are rare. So I pulled a chair onto the front step, wrapped myself in a blanket and listened: cha-cling, cha-cling…thud, thud, thud.
You’re an artist with words. You instantly draw me in and I see everything through your eyes. It’s beautiful seeing the world the way you do.
Oh, wow. Thank you so much! I currently seem to be at a loss for words.