the blue blueness

the sky outside is so blue. so gorgeously blue. this is one of my favourite parts of winter. the endless blue blueness, brilliant against the blazing, sparkling white landscape that surrounds me.... a full sun blazing down, telling me that it's trying its hardest to warm the earth.

...of course i can't really see it because the gap between the bottom of my toque and the top of my scarf is so very narrow and just my little eyeballs are peaking out. and all that i can see is my white frosty breath billowing up in front of me, up inside my scarf, swarming around my face, condensing and instantly freezing in layers on my eyelashes, allowing me to see only big white chunks in front of my eyes.

Of course this temporary blindness doesn't help the fact that i'm busy staring at my feet, as i avoid stumbling over a chunk of snow on the plowed sidewalk, the sidewalk that is plowed so well that i also now need to watch for those slippery-snow patches. i could walk through the field, but then i would need to make sure that i stay right in the middle of the path, lest i lose my balance and step into the deep, deep snow.

alas. i can't even look at the sky as a i walk. but even if i looked, i wouldn't see it anyway. no matter how beautiful it is.

*sigh*

will this ever end??