銘不虛傳

原定聖誕節後的大採購，因一場自南而上的大風雪而取消了，新聞報導今年的零售業因此大受打擊。

其實這場大風雪(Blizzard應翻做暴風雪）並不像往年那麼劇烈，風速雖大，卻沒太大的雪，至少從我住的地區來說，根本就是小事一樁。南邊靠海的Scituate蠻慘的，有幾起火災，那兒房子相連，加上從海上來的風速，及路面上淹大水，救火車開不進房子，只能眼睜睜的看著幾棟相連的房子被火燒殆盡。紐約機場全部飛機都停飛，被困在機場的人只好就地打地鋪睡。

我們趁此睡了個飽，起床吃過早餐就得忙了。橘子最忙，挖了個小洞不知抓到什麼寶。好在有兒子們幫忙，我可以偷個閒，做點好吃的等會犒勞他們。

It's really a blizzard! You are lucky to have 2 sons to help you out, esp. you worked like
a dog before Christmas. Hope you had good rest in the holidays. Comparing with other
seasonal scenes, I think the addition of snow on the earth is the most beautiful. It reminded
me the winter of Kyoto. Though Kyoto's spring with cherry blossom is beautiful, the winter scene with the
touch of the snow makes Kyoto so Kyoto with its bleak, aged beauty. It also reminds me of
my trip to Wu Cheng in China last Christmas. Though it's freezing cold to ache my fingers, the
snowing scenes are so beautiful and peaceful! I could not stop but continued exposing my camera
and my fingers under the showering snow. Not to mention my trip to the Antarctica. We ran into
several cold fronts with flying flakes into our face. It was very painful for sure!

I believe you get used to snowing weather and scene. From your message, every first snow seems to still delight your
heart to appreciate its arrival, though with conflicting emotion. It makes the warmth inside the home or even
the car so precious, isn't it?

Enjoy the beautiful winter with peace and joy!

這樣的假期好充實喔，全家人一起共同做一些事情是世界上最幸福的。
照片上的雪看起來好美，純粹的寧靜。
對於南方長大的我下雪是一件好特別的事情，
第一次見到下雪，在屋裡開著暖氣看著外面下著大雪，走在路上讓雪漸漸的飄在身上‧．．
好愛下著雪的天氣。
而今年北京的第一場雪還遲遲不見蹤影，只有像刀子一樣的6-10級大風頻頻報到，讓我呼吸困難。
套句昨天第一次來北京就遇到大風的朋友說的：「一離開室內就有生不如死的想法」。
大自然真的很神奇。