Now that enough snow has melted to reveal grass again, surreal
shapes have popped up. Most of the smooth white mountains have shrunk into
jagged gray piles of slush, some which resemble impressionistic sculptures. I
spotted this example across the street:
To me, the snow pile on the left looks like the face
of an old man or a cranky crescent moon. It seems to be talking to another the snow
pile on the right, which could be a boxy cat or pig. I thought maybe I was reading
too much into the shapes but even my skeptical adolescent daughter could see
these shapes in the snow piles.
Can you see the eye, nose, open mouth and tongue of the
face in profile on the left? With a larger stretch of the imagination, can you
spot the dark eye and nose spots as well as the two peaks suggesting cat/mouse
ears on the right?
As a result of the relatively mild temperatures, rain and
sunshine, the gigantic snow piles have melted more quickly than
anticipated ... and this afternoon
I had to say goodbye to the old man (or cranky crescent moon) when, sadly, the
top of his head (or top of the moon) fell off.
