I’ve lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for nearly five years, plus I’m still not accustomed to the snow, but it starts snowing sometime in November plus keeps snowing until well into March, and the accumulation adds up to around fifty inches per year, when I first moved to Minneapolis, I had never even seen snow in-person. In the motion pictures plus on TV, snow looks appealing plus affectionate. The actors plus actresses don’t bother with hats or gloves plus never seem cold, but nobody every needs to shovel the driveway or walkways, scrape the ice off the windshield of the car or bush off the hood. Simple tasks like pushing a shopping cart across a parking lot is a nightmare. I am consistently upset about the weight of the snow on the roof, back deck plus trampoline. I’ve spent a fortune hiring someone to plow my driveway plus haul away the mounds of snow. I’ve had to purchase heavy boots, moderate coats, scarves, gloves, hats plus overcoats to combat the cold, but for around seven months per year, the outdoor temperature drops below chilly, and readings in the teens or even the downsides aren’t unusual, then blizzard conditions, school closings plus driving bans are common. The heating system is one of the most pressing systems of the house plus has a giant impact on the budget. If it fails, there is the fear of the water pipes chilly. The winters are long, brutal, expensive, a lot of toil plus can present safety risks. It seems to take forever for Spring to arrive. I get happy for the first sign of robins plus sprous of daffodils. I watch for the lilac trees to bud plus look forward to opening the windows plus airing out the house.