1. Few things are as satisfying as the crunch and feel of snow under your shoes.
Freshly fallen powder really does make a delightful sound. On that note...
2. Some snow really can be described as "powdery".
I had heard this word used to describe snow a few times before and always failed to understand how cold, frozen, rain could be "powdery". It can. Powdery snow is fantastic.
3. Once it snows, your floors will never be clean again (until the Spring, that is).
I've given up trying to clean them. No matter how much you try to wipe you feet, you're going to track in snow. It's a grim reality to face for a neat freak like me.
4. Snow looks really awesome when it blows across the road.
I don't really know how to describe this, but the best I can do is this: when fresh snow blows across the road you're driving on, especially if its a higher-speed road, like the autobahn or a highway, the snow look almost like smoke or water. It's kind of a bizarre thing to see. The first time I saw it, I didn't realize what it was. I had no idea snow could look like that.
5. The racket my car makes while driving in the snow is just the sound of the snow beneath the tires.
I thought my car was about to break down or my wheels were going to fall off. Nope. That's just what driving in snow sounds like.
6. Snowflakes really do look like that
Remember when you were little and you learned how to make paper snowflakes? I thought that was a design people made up, the same way the the symbol for a heart looks nothing like an actual human heart. I thought snowflakes were like hail, only softer. They're definitely not. I closely examined a single snowflake that had stuck to our window the other day. It was practically perfect and it really did look like those paper snowflakes I made as a kid.
7. Dirty snow is gross.
It's slushy, it's brown (or sometimes yellow....ewww), and just plain unpleasant. Especially when you've just cleaned the floors.....
8. .....But new snow is lovely and sparkly:
