see for yourself

i am writing this on wednesday evening 

 it hasn't started snowing

 yet

 it is 

very 

very 

cold

 i came home

 a little while ago

 after having dinner

 with

 my friend liisa from helsinki

 she's in town for two weeks

 she said

 its been colder here

 than at home

 i remember how mild it was here last winter 

how i would see her photos on instagram 

of

 snow drifts

 so amazingly high

 i couldn't fathom

 what would happen

 when they melted

 she reassured me

 they drain off into the many lakes

 this winter

 they've not had a lot of snow

they have had a lot of rain

which made the ground soggy 

then

 it froze 

leaving us both wondering

 how many

 of

 the plants

 bushes

 bulbs

 would survive

 anyway

 we had dinner

 good conversation

 and

 i am so full

 i walked to 72nd street again this morning

 yes

 i got on the correct train

 i like walking

 i get to take photos

 as i go 

it was a frigid 14 degrees

 this morning

 i am bundled up 

so

 all that gets cold

 is the finger

 i use

 to

 'click' the 'shutter'

 i noticed

 the stores

 that were open

 before 7

 i think

 its interesting

 to see

 the neighborhood

 getting

 ready

 for the day

 i am not sure

 if i would enjoy

 the walk

 in the dark 

but

 now that the sun is rising earlier 

its sort of pleasant

 here

 see 

for 

yourself