just like Christina Rossetti said
Snow has fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow. The bleak midwinter is right about now, in fact. It snowed last Thursday when all the traffic was destroyed, and then it snowed all day Sunday (except when it was raining). There were a few flakes yesterday, and then today it was non-stop all day again. Not a blizzard this time, but we still got another four or five inches. The total is now, oh, two feet or so—at least if the chairs on our back porch are anything to go by. The funny thing is that school wasn't canceled today, despite the fact that even at 2:00 in the afternoon the plows were having a hard time keeping ahead of the snow (in our neighborhood at least). Compare that to a couple weeks ago, when a mere two inches was enough to close schools all over Massachusetts. How quickly we adapt.
Also interesting is how light the sky is with all the snow on the ground. I just got back from taking out the dog, and even with the moon mostly concealed by clouds I swear I could have read a book out there. I had plenty of time to observe the phenomenon, because poor Rascal has been having a terrible time finding places to pee these days. Things keep distracting him! All the night noises and smells are so much more fascinating than boring old urinating.