Waves in the snow

Windswept
London, ON
February 2025
This photo originally shared on Instagram

The scene: The edge of a nearby park. There’s a sidewalk somewhere around here, but it’s been buried hip-deep by three winter storms and wind so bitter I can barely feel my fingers.

I’ve wandered here ostensibly to watch the sunset, but the skies refuse to cooperate. So I shift focus to the windblown snow that seems to stretch to the horizon. I’m entranced by the texture, carved oh so carefully by Mother Nature’s breath, the waves casting gentle shadows across the pillow-like surface.

My fingers throb with pain as I desperately try to stave off frostbite. I haven’t gotten what I wanted yet, but leaving now would be an admission of failure. So my mind races for some quick composition ideas before I have to bail for the warm safety of home.

I find something I like and take one last image just as my rational brain snaps back into gear and convinces the rest of me that, no, a photo isn’t worth grievous physical injury.

Or maybe it is. Maybe it’s a Canadian thing, but sometimes a simple act of meteorological defiance is just what the soul needs.

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