The Smell of Snow

This morning it smelled like snow. Which was a little weird, considering the fact that it wasn't cold outside. The smell of snow is usually accompanied by a soft gray sky and tufts of clouds escaping as you exhale. When you smell snow, you are usually bundled in a jacket, wishing you were wearing gloves. You definitely aren't wearing flip-flops and shielding your eyes from the morning sun.

When you smell snow, there shouldn't be too many leaves on the trees, and if there are leaves on the trees, then they should be gold, red or even brown. You should be digging around in the backseat of your car, looking for the scraper to scrape away the thin layer of frost that covers the windshield. Your nose and cheeks should be turning slightly red as they are exposed to the frigid temperature.

When you smell snow, you should be wearing long pants and a long-sleeved shirt that may be wrinkled, since it is very hard to keep long-sleeved shirts in drawers without them becoming wrinkled. Your feet should be wrapped in socks and feel snug as they are tightly tied in shoes.

When you smell snow you should be thinking about your plans for Thanksgiving or Christmas in a few weeks. Your house should have the faint smell of apples and cinnamon from the oatmeal you ate for breakfast. Your bed should have an extra blanket at the foot, in case the night becomes colder than you thought it would.

Mostly, though, when you smell snow, you should actually see snow. Since there are still two more days of summer, I don't see that happening today.