So if you are a Vancouverite, you have probably recently had to trudge through the snow like me. I wish it snowed back in December! I wonder if I have actually ever had a white Christmas…for all I know, I may have, but was to young to remember!
When I was younger, I loved the snow! And since coming back to Canada, I have not really seen snow that lasted for what was probably more than one day. For the past two years Vancouver was not high on the snow factor. I heard that the year before I came back, there was a huge snowstorm…kind of wish I was there to see it! But at the same time, the chilling winds that I am experience now is quite enough for me to retract that. It actually makes my eyes tear up from the cold when I walk between classes…it also does not help that my classes are a kilometre away from each other. I am truly amazed when I hitch my morning car rides from my dad and see bikers biking on the highway-like road towards UBC. *applause* Seriously!
So while I was going home yesterday, I was rushing to get back into the warm confines of my room and was walking pretty fast once I got off the bus. However, I saw something in the snow that made me smile: doggie paw prints! I actually gave a chuckle…so then I decided to take out my phone and take a picture of it. It really must have had some effect on me because I took off my mittens and let my hands endure the cold! I really wanted to capture the tracks. So I kept my eyes peeled at I walked the rest of the way home. Then I saw some bird tracks! These were adorable because there were little drag marks! I had no idea why that was so, but my mom told me it was cause the birds were short and their bellies dragged on the grounds as they walked through the snow. I do not know whether I should believe her or not because she tends to make up stuff to sound smart.
Paw prints everywhere 🙂 So cute!
Bird tracks with little drag marks!
I caught other interesting photos on my iPhone the rest of the way and at one point I found some fresh, untouched snow. I couldn’t resist so I left my own prints in the snow and took a picture of that too. Yeah, I know it is horrible to mess up the unmarked snow, especially when it was not yours to walk all over…but I was jealous of birds and dogs preserving their prints in the now! =P Then I came across another patch of clean snow so I wrote my name in it. Big mistake though because my fingers were cold to begin with. Digging them into the snow did not help. My fingers were so cold and went by the time I was done that my iPhone could not sense my fingers on the screen. =.=
My boot prints 🙂
Bad idea...
But anyway, I think it was a nice experience and when I finally got home, it got me thinking. I realized that although at times it may seem like things suck, but there is always something there to lift your mood–as long as you look for it and let it! So get out there and keep looking! Or if you have already found it, then relish in it! 🙂
-Karen
Karen K. Lee 
mhm, mind over body! or mind over bad weather conditions in your case lol
LOL! So true. I guess in Vancity, it’s either raining or snowing =P So “mind over bad weather conditions” can apply throughout the year!
cute ^_^
i barely got to trudge through anything. i love it when it dumps like a foot in 24 hours and stays for awhile.
:O you didn’t??!! I had to go through snow every day =.=… Anyway! If i didn’t have to bus from school everyday, or walk to my classes, I’d probably agree. But at the moment, I’m kinda wishing it won’t snow that much! IT’S MAKING LIFE DIFFICULT! Cept for when I get to step in snow…that’s always amusing =)
Those paw prints in the snow are really cute, I wish too that it would have snowed on Christmas instead of the weird one week on and off. But, it’s still January so we may still get more! 🙂
That’s what I thought too! More snow= more tracks =) Wish there were other animals out there so that I can find more tracks…but all i keep seeing are dog tracks and the rare bird tracks. But then again, if i was a critter, I would want to stay nice and warm somewhere too =P
You know what? maybe that’s what the bird was thinking, follow the puppy tracks to somewhere warm so they both can stay happy lol! 😀
LOL! TOO CUTE! AHAHA next time i’m gonna just follow both of them XD
So one puppy on the front..one little bird following..and then you follow along behind..then i’ll follow along with a jug of hot chocolate and a bag of marshmallows right? XD
On that note! thank you so much for following my blog 🙂
Ahaha! Np =D It seems very interesting 🙂 Plus nice to see other Vancouverites on wordpress!
I hardly see any so i super appreciate it 🙂 🙂