The arctic temperatures, not the token snowfall, were the story at the Grand Army Plaza greenmarket, where the lettuce was frozen and the snakes were grumpy at being made to wear lacy mantillas.
Over
on the Long Meadow, the parents and kids of Park Slope and environs
bundled up and set forth in search of snowy fun. Everyone sort of kidded
themselves that there was much more snow than there actually was. In
fact, even in the frigid air, it was still muddy enough to smell the
earth.
Spouse and I reminisced about bringing Daughter and her snow-saucer contraption over to the park in far deeper snow; meanwhile, across the street in the public library, said Daughter gamely endured an interview for a prestigious university.
Everyone talks about "surviving" various phases of early childhood, but by the time people are hounding your child for the umpteenth recitation of her scores, talents, grades, clubs, and "passion," the years when happiness could be bought with a snow saucer and a restorative lunch of Spaghetti-Os seem exquisitely simple. Today, we warmed up with a Thai lunch, assuring her over dumplings that it would all work out fine.
Betcha got snow there today.
Stay warm!
Posted by: Jenn | February 09, 2013 at 09:43 PM