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Winter: A season to be cherished, appreciate­d

- By Ed Helmick

and purity. Then the question: are we going to be able to get out of the driveway We are blessed living at this latitude today? Driving can be an adventure today and altitude with four seasons to entertain in terms of traction and defensive mindset us during the year. Winter is a cool season about other drivers on the road. On the (pun intended) because it has some unique lighter side, it is time to make snow angels features for us to think about and appreciate. and snowmen. Now, there is a winter sight The visual impact of winter is multifacet­ed for you. Then there are the action shots in and gets frozen in our mind (pun our camera or at least in our mind’s eye of intended) for us to take into old age and sledding, skiing, snowboardi­ng and riding use wisely. the snowmobile in the winter wonderland.

The weather forecast tells us a snow There is just no other season like it. storm is coming, and it may be the largest The winter nights are long at our latitude storm of the season. We anxiously wait, on the planet. In Utah County, we periodical­ly looking out the window to have about 15 hours between sunset and see if it is snowing yet. When we go to sunrise during a mid-winter day. With so bed we get up with great curiosity to see much darkness, it has always amazed me how much snow has fallen. Then we ask that the Creator’s wisdom has provided us ourselves how long will the storm last. with a blanket of white snow to reflect the Snow is something we can see, measure, limited light that is available. Just look at touch and taste. A snow storm brings the magic of a full moon on a winter night. out emotions we don’t experience in the Winter is a wonderful season to be cherished spring, summer and fall seasons. and appreciate­d. Human nature is

The landscape gets a new coat of beauty such that we will soon be ready for change and brings forth a sense of cleanlines­s and spring weather and its attributes.

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Fresh snow brings a sense of cleanlines­s and purity.

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