Diamond Dust

JANUARY 2010
Winter "officially" is here, although to us mountain folk, our first heavy snow-day was also the first day of fall!
This morning the sun was up early, and prepared a glorious blue sky, sparkling with large snowflakes. As the rays bathed the frosted mountains, the crisp wind gently whipped the flakes into what looked like diamond dust. Upon landing atop older drifts, the shimmery spectacular scene reminded me of the treasure chest deep in Disneyland's "Pirates of The Caribbean."