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Tiny Packages of Snow

When nature surprises me

A late visit of winter. Always a welcome visitor to my world.

When the seasons get reversed, and winter follows spring, then, and only then, you will get lucky to see the beauty of tiny snowflakes covering spring's colorful blossoms.

Snowflakes are tumbling from the sky, and I’m smiling while typing these lines. Looking outside my window at this snowy landscape, I can’t resist but be filled with joy and happiness.

The driving snow started yesterday but the soil was warm from a month of sunshine and none of these white pieces of beauty remained. They melted the moment they touched the ground.

Sitting on the table in my room, I was seeing snowflakes dancing in the sky while working on my tax returns. With the motivation of such an inspirational view insight (for me at least), I finished my work and send them off .

I wanted to get more of it.

Winter.

The snow.

A fairytale at the beginning of April.

Spring flowers covered in snow.

All of it.

Simply overwhelming.

The temperatures dropped at night, and therefore some of the snow began to remain on the ground.

We decided to leave home and head into the mountains to experience it all a bit more intense. The snow. Of course.

As a traveler chasing summer around the world for my work, there is nothing I do miss more than a season in the snow. I’m a winter’s girl. Born in December I touched snow before I saw sunshine for the first time. Almost.

And it was an amazing day in the mountains. We came back tired. Tired but happy.

Sunday morning I woke up with sleepy eyes. I remembered it had snowed and quickly jumped up to roll up the curtains.

Everything was white.

It was still very early in the day. And cold. Very cold. But I quickly put on my beanie, a pair of gloves, and a jacket and stepped outside the house.

To capture those tiny packages of snow.

They had become bigger after the photoshoot the previous afternoon.

A bundle of narcissus flowers was hiding under the blanket of snow. Cuddling closely, they were keeping each other warm.

Meanwhile, every stick, every bundle of grass, and colorful spring flower was covered in tiny packages of snow. A sight not so common so late in the year.

The sun had just appeared behind the horizon. A few clouds were remaining in the sky but the first rays of sunshine let the snowflakes shine in the morning hours.

My parents wanted to enjoy a Sunday breakfast all together, and I had told them I just need a minute to capture this beauty. But one minute wasn’t enough.

I walked around the house and captured the backyard as well.

You know, everything that turns rare in your life becomes more precious.

And something I surely can’t remember witnessing or ever noticing before are tiny packages of snow on pink shining daisies.

Since March was unusually warm and dry, not only crocuses, narcissus and tulips were blooming in full shine, but our lawn turned into a blossoming beauty of white and pink flowers.

Daisies.

Nothing but daisies in between lush green grass.

And then the snow came.

The grass wasn’t prepared. The daisies were taken by surprise.

And I was put in awe.

“Yes, I’m coming mom. Just one more picture!”

Or so, I thought. But the more I walked, and the more I looked around me, the more I had to capture.

I knew too well this beauty wouldn’t last. And most probably not even until after breakfast. I had to capture it all at the moment.

Right here.

Right now.

Breakfast can wait. My breakfast won’t melt.

But these tiny packages of snow will.

They will melt sooner than you will notice. Because it’s spring. Or so. Not winter.

I thought, at least.

But I’m not complaining.

“Kindness is like snow — it beautifies everything it covers.” Khalil Gibran

Here are the photos from the evening before. Some snow was already covering the flowers. But the packages of snow were still very tiny:

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