[TMIC] the snow outside --- OT

[Alton Ryder]

The temperature is about 15°; the sun is seemingly as bright as in  
August. The snow on the lawn, about two feet deep, is undisturbed and  
lies in smooth undulations like Sahara dunes in miniature. Crystals  
of ice from twigs overhead are scattered sparsely and glint like  
stars.  I am enchanted.

Alton, who had to share this as best he could