Shakespeare’s Hamlet has
one confusing question, “To love or not to love”. But in the early morning of
last Saturday, I had two confusing questions, “To sleep or not to sleep” and
“To experience the snow at night or not to experience it.”
I’m talking about the
second snowfall that Thimphu has experienced this year. It was last Saturday, 2
am in the morning. I heard children screaming outside – quite unusual in the
locality I live. I woke up from my bed, scrolled up the curtains. And wow, the
entire valley was all dressed in gorgeous crisp white. The unassumingly big
size lacy snowflakes tumbling fall down so fast.
I
want to go out right now and experience the wonder of snowfall, I
screamed at the white world, outside. I checked my camera, its battery was full
charged. I pulled on my jackets, and laced up my shoes. On the other hand, other
half of my mind (supposedly lazy one) started seeking for excuses. It insisted
on,
It’s
too early, still dark. Hey,
stupid man, better you go back to sleep. Huh…experience the snow in
the morning.
Confused, I stayed like
that for almost a handful of minutes - To
sleep or not to sleep; To experience
the snow at night or not to experience it.
Eventually, I decided to
out to experience the wonder of snowfall. When I reached outside, the magical
white world wowed me. The showering of snow flakes, large in size (almost the
size of a plum), was so fast, so mesmerizing. The thickness of the snow is
almost 30 cm.
I started running excitedly,
playing with snow, like a child, he-he. And taking random pictures. I went to
the town, alone, like a ghost. It looked starkly beautiful, all decked in
white, so different, so beauitful. The otherwise barren trees were dressed in
snow, appearing even more wonderful to look at.
It’s 6 in the morning that I
returned home. The snow already stopped falling, and more and more people
coming out to play snow. I was completely drenched in snow water and meanwhile started
shivering in extreme cold.
By the way, due to this
cold, I suffered from high fever and sore throat and was bedridden for two
days. But I don’t regret, at all. Because I had witnessed and experienced the wonder
of nature at its best, at its best bloom.
Most amazing and beautiful pictures of snowfall I have ever seen. Good job there!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your comment. Have a wonderful day!
ReplyDeleteReally awesome, keep on blogging!
ReplyDeleteListen to the first voice tht comes ur way, it's alys a beautiful thot! I guess for these pictures are simply awesome.
ReplyDeleteNice picture and nice work! Keep on updating more pictures, big wow!
ReplyDeleteI can see your romance with photography and snowfall...
ReplyDeleteyou didn't seem to gone home late...
Enjoyed them so much...
Amazinggggg pictures!!
ReplyDeleteOMG, this is so Amazing. Loved your photography skill.
ReplyDeletePraying for yet another snowfall next year and I will enjoy to death ;) ok, that was lil bit exaggerated. I just wanna enjoy the snow.
Have a good day.