I like snow. In fact, I’ve been waiting for some decent snow here for more than two years. Now, I’m fully aware that not everyone likes snow as much as I do (as some of my dear colleagues lovingly keep pointing out to me), but still: Snow is a fine thing. In my eyes at least. And when it started snowing these last couple of days, I was getting my hopes up: Maybe we’ll get a decent winter this year after all! But alas! While it was snowing these last couple of days, it wasn’t actually cold enough for those white little flakes to stick around. And then today as I was on my way to breakfast, I made an observation. Or rather, it was two observations that I made, to be a little more exact:

Observation #1:
It’s freezing cold outside! In fact, it’s so cold that all the puddles from the recent snowfall have been freezing, and even the ponds around campus have a beautiful layer of ice!

See the proof here:

Frozen pond

Observation #2:
The sun is out.

Or at least it was earlier this morning.

You see, and that is the drama of the story: It’s just all the wrong way round! The sun should shine when it’s warm outside, and when it’s freezing it should be snowing! That’s how it works. That’s how the snow will actually stick! But unless the weather takes some lessons in how to make proper snow, there’s no hope for decent winters. Not for what I perceive as decent winters at least. And that’s exactly the drama of this story.