the fairytale continues…soft, soft snow

I usually ridicule snow in films – it looks too unreal and doesn’t melt when it lands on the actor’s face. This snow does melt when it reaches the face, but it looks almost unreal – big, perfect snow flakes that slowly descend from the sky and make a thick, airy, duvet that looks incredibly soft and shimmering. Real snow is often more realistic than this – more damp and heavy and compact, but this fairytale snow has now covered the grounds for several weeks – without melting. It certainly adds a bit of magic – especially as an opening of a new year. I couldn’t resist letting my Pilot VP lie in all this softness for a little while when I was outdoors earlier today.

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the first rose

…of the new year. It felt like a very good  sign on the opening of 2010. A lovely, frozen, well preserved rose in the snow. Dry, feather light snow – fairytale snow. A poetic and magic moment. Singular and unexpected. I wish that 2010 will bring many such moments.

There is a poem by the Swedish poet Maria Wine that  came to my mind when I found the rose today (my fast translation):

If I am looking for roses

I find snow

If  I am looking for snow

I find roses

If I am not looking for anything

I find both roses and snow

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