Celebrate The Cold

As the temperatures fall it is understood that winter is looming right around the corner. Many complain about the white precipitation and the cold temperatures that come along with it. However, I tend to like it. It adds beauty to a brown land that has seen better days after peak fall colors. The cold slows everything down. Even as water molecules slow and becomes a solid state of ice. The cold brings a crisp feeling to the air and calm to the land.

My celebration came as I steeped out onto the ice for the first time of the season. The ease of my skate blades gliding across the frozen pond brings a smile to my face. The sound that my skates make as they cut into the glassy ice is music to my ears. I could not help but smile. So many memories have been made on the backyard ponds in the winter. The excitement that comes with falling temperatures and waiting for ice to thicken is something I celebrate every year. Must be the Minnesotan in me.