Storm Signal Quilt Block and a Snow Day

 

At 5:40 A.M., I received a phone call, letting me know that we're having a Snow Day today!  It's really more of an Ice Day.  We don't have so much snow, but there is a lot of ice on the roads, making traveling treacherous.  This was the poem my students read yesterday!   

 

Snow Day

Snow day,
Ten-below day,
Bundle-up-and-go day.
Pile three deep
On the old wooden sled,
Snow-crusted jackets,
Cheeks frozen red.
Scrunch, crunch, scrunch,
Boots punch holes in snow.
From three small balls,
Watch a snowman grow.
Cocoa sipping,
Cookie dipping,
One free night
Of homework skipping.
A friend’s toboggan
Is ours to borrow –
Please let there be
No school tomorrow!

by Carol H. Stewart

 

So instead of my morning being spent here:

 

 

I am spending it here binding a quilt,

 

making Cheese Soup,

seeing snowy views out the window,

 

 

 

 

and remembering this:

 

You might also enjoy reading my previous blog post here.

Snowball Quilt Block and Snow Icing!

 

 

 

Winter Linens

Just water

solid water

just water frozen white

clinging to every leaf and chunk of gravel

lying along every twig and wire

mounding over every stump and silent ball

and in the dawning light

this water frozen white

glows cold and comfort both

as if to step out and lie down in it

to sink into the layer that lines the slope of the slide

would be a copy coming home to bed.

                                     

Heidi Mordhorst

Does it snow where you live?  Inquiring minds want to know! Inquiring minds want to know!  Please answer in the comment section below.

 

You might also enjoy reading my previous blog post here.