It snowed last night! Finally. This year, Shimla has had to wait for over two and a half months for its first snowfall. This has caused much anxiety to local residents as poor snowfall directly affects the availability of water to the town. Poor snowfall also has a bad impact on the apple orchards, since, by acting as a thermal insulator, snow protects crops from intense cold in the upper regions of Himachal Pradesh.
This is how Shimla looks this morning:
Photographs taken while sipping my morning cuppa:
I'm reminded of lines from James Russell Lowell's poem "The First Snow-Fall":
Every pine and fir and hemlock
Wore ermine too dear for an Earl
And the poorest twig on the elm tree
Was ridged inch deep with pearl.
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2 comments:
wow...will you please make a snow man for me. (A red carrot for his nose..pl )
I would have, dear girl. Except that all the snow melted away the next day. Shall do so the *next* time it snows & give you KDs for the same!
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