Two firsts

First snow in the city, on and off, all day today. At the beginning, tiny balls of ice pelting down; later true flakes, swirling outside my window. Not enough to pile up yet, but there are white patches on the ground already, here and there.

Then, tonight, on a trip to the laundry, i look up and the clouds have split. A pearly, ghostly, grey-greenish curtain hangs up there, shifting slowly. Pale, but definite.

Only forerunners of much more intense displays, i hope.