Flakes of Fantasy

It’s been getting exceedingly chilly in York. A week back we experienced a frosty morning. The leaves seemed to have a white lace sewn on them. The lawn resembled a classic sponge cake with castor sugar sprinkled all over. The cars looked like they had been in the freezer over night. The fallen maple leaves appeared to have white mould spreading on them.
As the week progressed, Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland saw snow. As much as I hated the cold, I also prayed fervently for that elusive snowfall. I was told that the probability of one, at this time of the year, in York, was miniscule because snowfall begins only in January end.
Today, as the rain turned into spittle like drops the entire office peered outside the windows to get a view of the aberrant shower. Random flakes hit the tar and dissolved into the puddles. It appeared like someone in the sky had had a pillow fight and dispersed the fluffy contents onto earth. I, now, truly fathom the ecstasy expressed by SP when he talked about the first snow. I unleashed my infantile instincts when I saw my first snow. I was bounding around the office like a kangaroo. Thankfully the wooden flooring did not get a crater in it to bear testimony to this historic event.
Delirious, I ran outside. The guard at the reception was amused at sudden exodus of Indians rushing out to welcome the first snowfall of the season. As the flakes gently buoyed by the breeze settled on my hair and windcheater, I looked skywards to let the divine particles to settle on my face.
I swirled amidst the falling icicles as the other employees chose to contain their enthusiasm in a stoic smile. Some of them were concerned that I would catch a chill. I rushed back only to emerge with a camera and a second round of snow dancing. It is not unusual that I discard my composure and relish a simple natural phenomenon with an intrigued mind of a child. Nature has always provided me with a source of endless enchantment, an inspiration and at times an unadulterated pleasure beyond compare.