#631 frozen

When is the last day you didn't talk about the weather?  Someone asked that question to our lunch table, and no one could remember that far back; it seems we have been complaining for weeks now.

In reality, there is nothing we can do to alter what Mother Nature sends our way.  The only thing we have control of is how we respond to the weather -- complaining about it, ignoring it or even embracing it.  

Lots of people who live in Northern states love the winter (or at least they did before this year's Polar Vortex).  In a previous blog, I described the infrastructure cities have to handle large amounts of snow.  Similarly, people who embrace the snow have prepared themselves for recreational activities like skating and cross country skiing; they own snowmobiles, go ice fishing, play hockey and, in general, relish the sports that can only occur in the tundra.

Another place that has welcomed Mother Nature is Breckenridge, Colorado.  As if their skiing wasn't enough of an attraction, they host an annual Snow Sculpting Contest.  The artists who worked on these creations clearly have learned to make the most of the season:

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=brekenridge+snow+scuplture&qpvt=brekenridge+snow+scuplture&FORM=IGRE 

You can fight the weather and fall into that winter funk, or you can celebrate all the things it allows you to do.  On that matter, you do have control.

-- beth triplett
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