Why we now....... Love the snow !

Sunday , January 22, 2012

White, pure white snow flakes blankets our little village.

There are no cars, trucks or coal burnning chimneys to pollute , just pure white, crispy and wet snow. The boys are bob sledding, tobaganing and even a couple of them are skiing down a narrow road where they built a hump at the bottom, which is a perfect spine breaker as they come down from the jolt that throws them heaven's way. I am out with shovel and snow broom, clearing a path from the gate to our kitchen. My better half, and I mean it figuretevly is also out, hanging the clothes to dry under the covered part of our entrance.

Laughter, screaming and shreeks are all we hear, when we look, and watch them as tears flow down their faces from laughter and the cold, we smile , as they do this for hours.......yes, hours.

When we lived in Budapest, we would "shlep the boys to Normafa", the city center mountain top
where hundreds of people vie for a bit of space to roll down the hill.
The snow was poor as so many wore it down and our boys complained minutes after we got there that they had enough. We want to go home.

Well, not exactly home but to the mall, where there were movies, bowling and many fine restaurants. No matter what and how much we did , somehow mom and I felt that they always wanted more, more and more! Never satisfied, not really complete, definetly not fullfilled.

Here, on the other hand, they come home starving and whatever she puts out for them, is delicious. They retreate to their room spent, exausted and filled with the stories and anactodes that leaves the impression of completeness, happiness and a wow of , I did do that!

The benefits of living "past the end of the world" as a friend put it, has many and most are positive.