Mama Kat Thursday: Snow
Today's Mama Kat prompt is: "Write a post inspired by the word: snow." I definitely have a lot of snow memories. I grew up in middle Indiana, southwest of Indianapolis and our property was heavily forested with deciduous trees, like oak, maple, tulip, beech, hickory, etc. Snow accumulation generally varied from 3 to 6 inches and, on very rare occasions, up to 10 or 12 inches. Crocus Buds in Snow in Indiana When you live with snow you learn there's "good snow" and "bad snow." Good snow is light and fluffy with enough stickiness to it to roll it into balls to throw or build a snowman and thick enough to go sledding on. Bad snow is slushy, icy, too thin or otherwise too miserable for any use. Of course, that is a kid's point of view on the value of snow. I used to love the look of new fallen snow on the trees that bent them into tunnels we could walk through like a winter wonderland. I also have many fond memories of sledding on ...