Ice storm from the inside

Rockwell would have loved this
London, ON
February 2019
This photo originally shared on Instagram

With another round of freezing rain set to move into the region any minute, I'm reminded of this moment in my kitchen, captured last week during an earlier bout of fun weather.

Logic might dictate that an ice-and-water-covered window is a bad thing, because you can't easily see what's out there. But logic doesn't take into account the fact that windows don't get painted like this very often. Maybe once or twice a year. And after all this stuff melts off, it'll probably never ice over in quite the same way again.

In other words, messiness like this is rare, a unique lens into a world that's always in the process of reinventing itself. And taking the time to record it feels like a reasonable thing to do when you're stuck on the inside looking out.

Perhaps "stuck" is the wrong word to use here. Our quiet kitchen, in our warm home, surrounded by the folks who make me whole, is a great place to be. Things can always be much worse. You might find yourself on the other side of the glass.

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