Mercy droppeth as snow

Ladies and Gentlemen, Someone u've been waiting for all ur life arrives.... SNOW IN ARIZONA!!!

How it began??
Sunday evening, raining hard!! As always, we had to do grocery shopping. Returning in the rain with bags laden with stuff is absolutely the last thing on earth that u want to do. Obviously we took a taxi, but carrying the bags upstairs in the freezing downpour was torture itself. Then, as we settled in chairs with a bowl of hot soup and music filling our ears, it happened.... The phenomenon of white flakes falling down from the skies. Misquoting Shakespere,

The quality of mercy is not strain'd,
It droppeth as the gentle "white" rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
'Tis mightiest in the mightiest:

Mercy from THE ONE above, that was what it was. The parched throat of the desert had just been quenched with water and HE sends dessert along with it.

(if u didn't understand that, i am comparing snow to ice cream. That probably spoilt the whole fun of it, but i want to make myself clear!! To be known as the essence of lucid writing.)

First snow and the thrill in ur heart that comes with it.... The beautiful laughter that it brings with it. Out of this world!!! The whole neighbourhood was engulfed in a Christmasy aura... the carols and a Santa shaking his belly like a bowl full of jelly with his characteristic laughter were the only missing pieces.

We played in the snow until our finger tips started to prick with pain. Scraped snow off the carpet which had just formed and threw it on each other. None of the pics we took came out well but hey, who cares??

Changed me totally. If u r in India, especially TN which is starved for rain even, u must take a trip to HEAVEN ON EARTH, Kashmir to wonder at this God-sent miracle. If afraid of mere mortals, I would strongly recommend Himachal Pradesh or Darjeeling (in winter please).

Arcindya