Playing in winter. (14)

Oh the fun of winter with snow. Like sliding down a hill. In your car. With the brakes on. Watching someone gliding on ice. In their car. In park.
Sledding down hill. Without skis. On your butt. Walking like a penguin all winter. Breaking ice on stock tanks and water bowls. Putting wood on the fire. Putting more wood on the fire. Adding wood on the fire.
Icicles sparkling in the sun. Dripping down your neck when you step out the door. Falling on your head like a spear. Ice fishing. In your swimming pool. Watching ice ballet. On the interstate. On the bridge.
Admiring a world of crystal. On the trees. On the power lines. In the dark.
Watching falling snow. For hours. Days. Shoveling snow on Monday. And Tuesday. Finding your car..why did they get rid of antennas? Clearing your driveway. Seeing the plow come by. Clearing the driveway again. Seeing the plow return. Clearing your driveway...again...
Using a snow rake to get the weight off the roof. Wearing that same snow when it all lets go at once.
Move north..you're missing all the winter sports and fun.

Yes I use to love playing in the snow, no matter how
cold it was, throwing snowballs and getting
dumped in the snow when I was younger, made angels in the snow, I seen some of my friends eating the snow
but I never ate it, people let they dogs out to pee
no way, those were the fun days

Oh no

Never like winter. Did go to next farm and their kids lent me a pair of skates. Taught me how to walk on their linoleum kitchen floor. Then marched to river bayoos. He cleared a pond and we skated. Around, over branch, around, over branch. lol. I got cold and walked back and left them there. Tried at 25 with a pair given me in the pond in town. Found out weak ankles give out fast. And learned I can skate super good...backwards! The harder I tried forward, the better backwards. So much for skating.
Wanted skis when little. Dad said no hill. So bought me short ones, taught me how to wax them and I used them to slide the dip on lawn of 3 feet. sigh... Wanted a sled. Dad went and built me a beauty. Dog sled!! Tied the Chesapeake to it. Climb on and sat down. Dog looked...oh. And laid down. sigh. One time dad pulled me down the road to the neighbors on it. Sits in barn. I was thinking more along the lines of a flyer?
I still miss dad.

lol I just don’t like, when it hit the negative zero
weather, other than that I would throw snowballs
and play in the snow and get dumped till I
had enough