It's January. It's cold. The freeze is on. The snow is here. And what better time is there to praise the season? It's a time of dormancy for all things that grow up from the ground. It's a period of rest until Spring arrives and makes its demands of blooms and sprigs of green. But even in the sleeping state, winter has its own particular brand of beauty and awe. The snows come and hide much of the ugliness that we can find sometimes. The blanket of pure white tells us of the innocence and purity of our Earth. If we peer beyond the starkness of the white we can witness magical elegance and charm written by God's hand. Let us begin this first part with the Angels of Winter - The Snow Angels.
A snow angel is a man-made depression formed in an area of snow in the shape of an angel by moving the limbs back and forth. On February 17th, 2007 the world record for the most snow angels made simultaneously was broken with 8,962 snow angels in Bismarck North Dakota. The previous record was 3,784 students held by Michigan Tech University. A marvelous achievement. Source: USA Today (click on picture for enlarged view)
Part II to follow... wear your snowsuit... it's going to be cold! Brrrrrrr!!!
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