This is a color photograph taken during the big snowstorm that hit Connecticut last week. (It was pretty big for us - over a foot of snow! although I know those of you in Norway or upstate New York are not impressed.) During the storm, all color seemed to vanish. Everything outside seemed to be black and white.
The snow sat on the lilac branches outside my desk window.
When the sun came out, snow melted off the roof and then refroze before it hit the ground. We have had three- and four-foot long icicles hanging from the rain gutters. The icicles are a different kind of contrast, between opacity and clarity.
The day after the snow stopped, I went out skiing in the early morning. Even without much color, the snow seemed to glow in the slanted light.
The young trees, lit from the side by the dawn, cast long straight shadows across the snow.
Finally, when the sun struck the tops of the trees, some gold and brown appeared - a dramatic hint of the return of the full palette some months from now when the snows have melted and spring returns.
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