Snow-Drops

A white blanket of fluffy snow covers all the land; it glitters as we pass. As we walk on it crunches beneath our feet, like sweet sherbet in our mouth. Icicles as long as spears glimmer in the winter sun. Every window is covered in snow and mist, creating a sense of cold. Every garden is the same: white and filled with snowmen created by the humour of children. As the weeks pass, the sweet blanket of snow begins to melt creating pock-marked surroundings. Many gardens appear barren without the once luscious bloom of colour, still winter begins to pass and nature awakens; snow-drops appear in every garden, like a message of welcome. Slowly the gardens begin to bloom of colour and the snow-drop disappears once more.