thoughts on snow…

as a child growing up in the north of England, I remember gazing through the window with wonder at the snow as it fell and covered the earth

remember the joy of holding my mother’s hand as we walked through the snow…no fear for the future…just the joy of the now

then years of no snow…

memories of traffic chaos and closed airports when a light dusting of snow overnight would seem to close everything down, images of aircraft frozen to the tarmac

all those years as christmas approached…hoping for the elusive white christmas…

and now, now the wonder is there, but so is the darker side

…the blocked roads

…the people isolated in remote villages and towns

…the frozen river preventing trade, threatening electricity supplies

this post is dedicated to the memory of someone I only read about in the paper, a woman killed by falling ice just this last week as she walked on belgradestreets

snow reminds us of the power of nature

reminds us to respect the world we live in

reminds us to take care of those around us

during this terrible weather, take care on belgradestreets

bench and trees

weeping

bench

knez mihailova

homeward bound

icicles

clearing up

respite

walking

lights

ušće

ušće tree

tram

steps

quiet streets

where's the traffic?

quiet

trees

mamma's biscuit house

hidden cars