First snow, Day 154

As the first flakes drift from the sky my world quietly settles down and life readjusts itself. Its pace is forced to a shuffle as the wet caresses my cold cheeks and tongue reminding me to look at my surroundings while this transformation is taking place. But this transformation is not just outside of myself, it seeps into my bones making me shiver and quake from excitement waiting for a glimpse of the landscape blanketed under a monochromatic palette.