My First snowfall

I always wanted to see snowfall. When I came to Finland I was waiting for the snowfall right from the beginning. I used to ask all possible questions about snowfall to Ravikiran. He used to tell me how difficult it is to walk on snow and about cold climate all.... which added more excitement to me.

On 21st Nov 2008, I saw my first snowfall in my life :) even though that day there was light snowfall but still I was very excited to see snow everywhere... I was imagining as if I sat in a freezer. It was dam cold outside. All trees, roads, garden were covered under snow. I could see the transition in the climate. Temp went to -3.5 C.

On 23rd Nov 2008, Again it started snowing but this time it was heavy and windy too. I could not dare to be outside that day. But in the evening we went out with our winter outfits which included winter jacket, muffler, winter trouser, thermal, hand gloves and cap and played for sometime in snow. Ravikiran had put his legs in the deep snow and in fact he was testing his winter outfits whether they works in snow or not... :-)) and they worked. I did not had proper winter shoes so I was little scared to put my legs in deep snow. But it was fun... If you have proper winter outfits then instead of worrying about winter; one will start enjoying the winter. I really appreciate the comment "Winter is matter of proper dressing" which one of our Finnish friend told to us. She is very positive about the winter and which I liked the most about her.

When snow fall starts it looks like God is soaking his cloths into washing tub with lot of soap and some of the soap bubbles fell down on earth. It´s a silly imagination but this thought came into my mind when I have seen that snowfall. Most of the time I used to go near window and use to watch people outside walking on snow and kids playing in the snow. Today while coming to office; I was just seeing each and everyplace which I know very well. Just wanted to see how it looks after snowfall. It gave me lot of pleasure.

Thanks to Ravikiran who fulfilled my dream "snowfall dream" :) Still there are many more dreams to go Ravikiran.