“The very fact of snow is such an amazement.” -Roger Ebert
“The snow is sparkling like a million little Suns.” -Lama Willa
“It was the kind of snow that brought children running out their doors, made them turn their faces skyward, and spin in circles with their arms outstretched.” -Eowyn Ivey (born 1973): “The Snow Child” (November 2011) at https://eowynivey.com/
“A snowflake is winter’s butterfly.” -Author Unknown
Snow is a form of precipitation like rain and sleet are. Basically, they are all different forms of water falling from the sky.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Snow.
Snow, who?
Snowbody but me!
Snowflakes start as tiny ice crystals that form from water vapor as it freezes in the atmosphere.
On average snowflakes fall from the sky at 4.8 to 6.4 kilometers (3 to 4 miles) per hour. By comparison, raindrops fall through the sky at an average rate of 11.3 kilometers (7 miles) per hour.
“It takes a snowflake two hours to fall from cloud to earth. Can’t you just see its slow, peaceful descent?” -Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Individual snowflakes are each made up of about 200 ice crystals.
The size of a snowflake depends on how many ice crystals connect together.
“Is it snowing where you are? All the world that I see from my tower is draped in white and the flakes are coming down as big as pop-corns.” -Jean Webster
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A Little Snowflake
I watched a little snowflake
Come sailing from the sky,
It played a joke on me when
It fell right in my eye!
Another little snowflake
Came dancing toward the south,
It looked at me a minute . . .
Then landed in my mouth!
They seemed like little fairies
Upon a holiday,
Just out for fun and frolic
and asking me to play!
by Isla Paschal Richardson (1886 - 1971)
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“There’s one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbor’s.” -Clyde Moore
To snow, the atmospheric temperature must be below 0 (zero) degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit).
Overheard: It can be too warm to snow, but never too cold.
“I remember being excited about seeing snow for the very first time.” -Thi Bui
“Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder - no matter how old you became and how much you’d seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.” -Candace Bushnell
“Snow is falling outside and all is peaceful and still. In such moments it is possible to believe that the world could still be good.” -Richard Paul Evans
Question: What did one snowflake say to the other?
Answer: “You’re one of a kind.”
Wilson Alwyn ‘Snowflake’ Bentley (1865 - 1931) was a farmer and a photographer. He placed individual snowflakes on black velvet and photographed them. He was a proponent of the now widely believed idea that no two snowflakes are alike.
“Snowmen fall from Heaven unassembled.” -Author Unknown
The snow fell gently all the night,
It made a blanket soft and white.
It covered houses, flowers and ground,
But did not make a single sound.
by Author Unknown
“The snow is sparkling like a million little Suns.” -Lama Willa
“It was the kind of snow that brought children running out their doors, made them turn their faces skyward, and spin in circles with their arms outstretched.” -Eowyn Ivey (born 1973): “The Snow Child” (November 2011) at https://eowynivey.com/
“A snowflake is winter’s butterfly.” -Author Unknown
Snow is a form of precipitation like rain and sleet are. Basically, they are all different forms of water falling from the sky.
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Snow.
Snow, who?
Snowbody but me!
Snowflakes start as tiny ice crystals that form from water vapor as it freezes in the atmosphere.
On average snowflakes fall from the sky at 4.8 to 6.4 kilometers (3 to 4 miles) per hour. By comparison, raindrops fall through the sky at an average rate of 11.3 kilometers (7 miles) per hour.
“It takes a snowflake two hours to fall from cloud to earth. Can’t you just see its slow, peaceful descent?” -Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Individual snowflakes are each made up of about 200 ice crystals.
The size of a snowflake depends on how many ice crystals connect together.
“Is it snowing where you are? All the world that I see from my tower is draped in white and the flakes are coming down as big as pop-corns.” -Jean Webster
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A Little Snowflake
I watched a little snowflake
Come sailing from the sky,
It played a joke on me when
It fell right in my eye!
Another little snowflake
Came dancing toward the south,
It looked at me a minute . . .
Then landed in my mouth!
They seemed like little fairies
Upon a holiday,
Just out for fun and frolic
and asking me to play!
by Isla Paschal Richardson (1886 - 1971)
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“There’s one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbor’s.” -Clyde Moore
To snow, the atmospheric temperature must be below 0 (zero) degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit).
Overheard: It can be too warm to snow, but never too cold.
“I remember being excited about seeing snow for the very first time.” -Thi Bui
“Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder - no matter how old you became and how much you’d seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.” -Candace Bushnell
“Snow is falling outside and all is peaceful and still. In such moments it is possible to believe that the world could still be good.” -Richard Paul Evans
Question: What did one snowflake say to the other?
Answer: “You’re one of a kind.”
Wilson Alwyn ‘Snowflake’ Bentley (1865 - 1931) was a farmer and a photographer. He placed individual snowflakes on black velvet and photographed them. He was a proponent of the now widely believed idea that no two snowflakes are alike.
“Snowmen fall from Heaven unassembled.” -Author Unknown
The snow fell gently all the night,
It made a blanket soft and white.
It covered houses, flowers and ground,
But did not make a single sound.
by Author Unknown
“Snowflakes are one of nature’s most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together.” -Vesta M. Kelly (Vesta Mae Kelly (born Vesta Mae Proctor (1901 - 1988)))
Manuel: How was the snow-globe feeling during the winter earthquake?
Samuel: A little shaken up.
“Snow: The art of nature expressed in the medium of ice.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Humankind could learn a lot from snowflakes. No two of them are alike, and yet observe how well they cooperate on major projects, such as tying up traffic.” -Author Unknown
“I’ll never outgrow the excitement of looking out my window and seeing falling snow.” -Author Unknown
Snowflakes
I like snowflakes.
Ask me why. Why?
Because they fall from the sky,
Because they seem to dance and fly,
Because they pile up so high,
Because they are so white and dry.
Because they melt in my hand,
Because they’re quiet when they land.
Because, because, because,
That’s why,
I like snowflakes!
by Author Unknown
Arthur: What kind of ball doesn’t bounce?
Rutherford: A snowball.
“To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.” -Aristotle (284 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.)
“Snowflake: A raindrop that has been to art school.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Snowflake: A tiny ice sculpture.” -Author Unknown
Matthew: Why did the statistician wear just one snow boot?
Bartholomew: There was only a fifty-percent chance of snow.
Question: What’s the biggest problem with snow boots?
Answer: They melt!
“I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas: It brings people together while time stands still. Cozy couples lazily meandered the streets and children trudged sleds and chased snowballs. No one seemed to be in a rush to experience anything other than the glory of the day, with each other, whenever and however it happened.” -Rachel Cohn
Question: What falls down in winter but is not harmed?
Answer: Snow!
Snowflake, Arizona, United States of America was founded in 1878 by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) pioneers Erastus Snow and William Jordan Flake. Snowflake has a yearly average of 31.75 centimeters (12.5 inches) of snow, while the United States has a yearly average 71.12 centimeters (28 inches) of snow. However, with an average of 272 sunny days yearly compared to the United States average of 205 sunny days each year, the foot of snow doesn’t stay around long.
“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.” -Carl Reiner
Typically, about 9 parts of snow melts into 1 part of water.
“Snow was falling, so much like stars filling the dark trees that one could easily imagine its reason for being was nothing more than prettiness.” -Mary Oliver
“Snow isn’t just pretty. It also cleanses our world and our senses, not just of the soot and grime of a mining town, but also of a kind of weary familiarity, a taken-for-granted quality to which our eyes are all too susceptible.” -John Burnside
Things to Make with Snow
- Snowmen
- Snow angels
- Snowballs
- Igloos
What can you add to this list?
“May we never forget the flavor of snowflakes.” -Author Unknown
What do snowflakes taste like?
“As I write, snow is falling outside my Maine window, and indoors all around me half a hundred garden catalogues are in bloom.” -Katharine S. White
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Snow.
Snow, who?
Snow better place to hang out during the winter than the library!
Manuel: How was the snow-globe feeling during the winter earthquake?
Samuel: A little shaken up.
“Snow: The art of nature expressed in the medium of ice.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Humankind could learn a lot from snowflakes. No two of them are alike, and yet observe how well they cooperate on major projects, such as tying up traffic.” -Author Unknown
“I’ll never outgrow the excitement of looking out my window and seeing falling snow.” -Author Unknown
Snowflakes
I like snowflakes.
Ask me why. Why?
Because they fall from the sky,
Because they seem to dance and fly,
Because they pile up so high,
Because they are so white and dry.
Because they melt in my hand,
Because they’re quiet when they land.
Because, because, because,
That’s why,
I like snowflakes!
by Author Unknown
Arthur: What kind of ball doesn’t bounce?
Rutherford: A snowball.
“To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.” -Aristotle (284 B.C.E. - 322 B.C.E.)
“Snowflake: A raindrop that has been to art school.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
“Snowflake: A tiny ice sculpture.” -Author Unknown
Matthew: Why did the statistician wear just one snow boot?
Bartholomew: There was only a fifty-percent chance of snow.
Question: What’s the biggest problem with snow boots?
Answer: They melt!
“I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas: It brings people together while time stands still. Cozy couples lazily meandered the streets and children trudged sleds and chased snowballs. No one seemed to be in a rush to experience anything other than the glory of the day, with each other, whenever and however it happened.” -Rachel Cohn
Question: What falls down in winter but is not harmed?
Answer: Snow!
Snowflake, Arizona, United States of America was founded in 1878 by Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon) pioneers Erastus Snow and William Jordan Flake. Snowflake has a yearly average of 31.75 centimeters (12.5 inches) of snow, while the United States has a yearly average 71.12 centimeters (28 inches) of snow. However, with an average of 272 sunny days yearly compared to the United States average of 205 sunny days each year, the foot of snow doesn’t stay around long.
“A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.” -Carl Reiner
Typically, about 9 parts of snow melts into 1 part of water.
“Snow was falling, so much like stars filling the dark trees that one could easily imagine its reason for being was nothing more than prettiness.” -Mary Oliver
“Snow isn’t just pretty. It also cleanses our world and our senses, not just of the soot and grime of a mining town, but also of a kind of weary familiarity, a taken-for-granted quality to which our eyes are all too susceptible.” -John Burnside
Things to Make with Snow
- Snowmen
- Snow angels
- Snowballs
- Igloos
What can you add to this list?
“May we never forget the flavor of snowflakes.” -Author Unknown
What do snowflakes taste like?
“As I write, snow is falling outside my Maine window, and indoors all around me half a hundred garden catalogues are in bloom.” -Katharine S. White
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Snow.
Snow, who?
Snow better place to hang out during the winter than the library!
Snow Song
I like to walk on fresh fallen snow
The kind that whispers and speaks.
It sings a song as I walk along
With crackles and crunches and squeaks.
by Author Unknown
‘Watermelon snow’ has a reddish color from the algae growing on it. It is mostly found in the Canadian Rockies.
“Snow: Much ado about frozen water.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Heavy snowfalls are called snowstorms. Heavy snowfalls with high winds over 56 kilometers (35 miles) per hour with limited visibility are called blizzards.
Question: Blizzards feature low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy _______?
Answer: Snowfalls.
Overheard: A blizzard is when it snows sideways.
“Heavy blizzards start as a gentle and persistent snow.” -Mark Helprin
“Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake.” -Sara Raasch
“During the blizzard we had three feet of snow, and the pigs are only 18 inches tall. We had to dig tunnels so they could get out.” -Dale Riffle
When meteorologists, or weather reporters, predicts a blizzard is coming, people tend to buy more cakes, candy, and cookies.
“Avalanche!” [translation to English]
“Lapsus nivium!” [Latin]
By shouting, “Avalanche!” a person could possibly start an actual avalanche of snow. Avalanches can bury people in snow so deep that they cannot get out, and cannot be found if anyone comes to search for and rescue them. The best sound to make in avalanche-prone areas is total, absolute, deafening, silence. Shhh!
Question: An avalanche consists of the rapid descent of what type of material?
Answer: Snow.
“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.” [translation to English]
“Żaden płatek śniegu nie czuje się odpowiedzialny za lawinę.” [original Polish]
-Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909 - 1966): “Myśli nieuczesane nowe” (English: “More Unkempt Thoughts”) (1964), as translated by Jacek Galazka (1969)
Why is snow white? Snow is colorless and clear. It sparkles and at times even blinds us with glaring brightness because ice crystals reflect white light. Rather than absorbing light, snow’s crystalline lattice structure prevents the light from shining through it. A beam of white sunlight entering snow is so quickly scattered by the complex ice crystals and air pockets that most of the light bounces right back out. What little sunlight is absorbed by snow is absorbed equally over all wavelengths of visible light except for most of the white portion, thus giving snow its white appearance. While many natural objects get their blue, red, and yellow colors from absorbing light, snow is white because of the way it reflects light.
“Where does the white go when the snow melts?” -Hugh Kieffer
“In the long-ago beginning, the ice crystals all got together and held a meeting. One of them said, ‘Okay, everyone, we all know that flowers are brightly colored and fantastically shaped and wonderfully scented, and stars light up the night from relatively stable positions and paths to predictably guide sailors and pilots on their way, and to generally inspire everyone, by contrasting against the cold and dark and emptiness that makes up most of the Universe. We are just tiny bits of cold water with no special traits, so to stand out, we are going to be amazing symmetric designs of six sides and six points that bend and reflect light so that we appear white and sparkly. We will become as diamonds descending from clouds through the sky to blanket the earth.’ And so they did, and so they do, even to this time, becoming famously known as ‘snowflakes.’” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
How many sides do individual snowflakes have?
a. 6.
b. 18.
c. 81.
d. The number varies.
Answer: a. 6.
Snowflakes have six sides.
At the Earth’s North and South Poles, light from the Sun and the resulting heat or warming the light has the potential to create is reflected off the snow as if it were a mirror, and bounced back out into space.
“Despite all I have seen and experienced, I still get the same simple thrill out of glimpsing a tiny patch of snow.” -Edmund Hillary (Edmund Percival Hillary (1919 - 2008))
“The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment, then where is it to be found?” -J. B. Priestley
We are MFOL! . . . so nice to see you again . . .
I like to walk on fresh fallen snow
The kind that whispers and speaks.
It sings a song as I walk along
With crackles and crunches and squeaks.
by Author Unknown
‘Watermelon snow’ has a reddish color from the algae growing on it. It is mostly found in the Canadian Rockies.
“Snow: Much ado about frozen water.” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
Heavy snowfalls are called snowstorms. Heavy snowfalls with high winds over 56 kilometers (35 miles) per hour with limited visibility are called blizzards.
Question: Blizzards feature low temperatures, strong winds, and heavy _______?
Answer: Snowfalls.
Overheard: A blizzard is when it snows sideways.
“Heavy blizzards start as a gentle and persistent snow.” -Mark Helprin
“Even the strongest blizzards start with a single snowflake.” -Sara Raasch
“During the blizzard we had three feet of snow, and the pigs are only 18 inches tall. We had to dig tunnels so they could get out.” -Dale Riffle
When meteorologists, or weather reporters, predicts a blizzard is coming, people tend to buy more cakes, candy, and cookies.
“Avalanche!” [translation to English]
“Lapsus nivium!” [Latin]
By shouting, “Avalanche!” a person could possibly start an actual avalanche of snow. Avalanches can bury people in snow so deep that they cannot get out, and cannot be found if anyone comes to search for and rescue them. The best sound to make in avalanche-prone areas is total, absolute, deafening, silence. Shhh!
Question: An avalanche consists of the rapid descent of what type of material?
Answer: Snow.
“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.” [translation to English]
“Żaden płatek śniegu nie czuje się odpowiedzialny za lawinę.” [original Polish]
-Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909 - 1966): “Myśli nieuczesane nowe” (English: “More Unkempt Thoughts”) (1964), as translated by Jacek Galazka (1969)
Why is snow white? Snow is colorless and clear. It sparkles and at times even blinds us with glaring brightness because ice crystals reflect white light. Rather than absorbing light, snow’s crystalline lattice structure prevents the light from shining through it. A beam of white sunlight entering snow is so quickly scattered by the complex ice crystals and air pockets that most of the light bounces right back out. What little sunlight is absorbed by snow is absorbed equally over all wavelengths of visible light except for most of the white portion, thus giving snow its white appearance. While many natural objects get their blue, red, and yellow colors from absorbing light, snow is white because of the way it reflects light.
“Where does the white go when the snow melts?” -Hugh Kieffer
“In the long-ago beginning, the ice crystals all got together and held a meeting. One of them said, ‘Okay, everyone, we all know that flowers are brightly colored and fantastically shaped and wonderfully scented, and stars light up the night from relatively stable positions and paths to predictably guide sailors and pilots on their way, and to generally inspire everyone, by contrasting against the cold and dark and emptiness that makes up most of the Universe. We are just tiny bits of cold water with no special traits, so to stand out, we are going to be amazing symmetric designs of six sides and six points that bend and reflect light so that we appear white and sparkly. We will become as diamonds descending from clouds through the sky to blanket the earth.’ And so they did, and so they do, even to this time, becoming famously known as ‘snowflakes.’” -David Hugh Beaumont (born 1966)
How many sides do individual snowflakes have?
a. 6.
b. 18.
c. 81.
d. The number varies.
Answer: a. 6.
Snowflakes have six sides.
At the Earth’s North and South Poles, light from the Sun and the resulting heat or warming the light has the potential to create is reflected off the snow as if it were a mirror, and bounced back out into space.
“Despite all I have seen and experienced, I still get the same simple thrill out of glimpsing a tiny patch of snow.” -Edmund Hillary (Edmund Percival Hillary (1919 - 2008))
“The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment, then where is it to be found?” -J. B. Priestley
We are MFOL! . . . so nice to see you again . . .
