I’ve been dreading winter this year. But we got a preview on Saturday, when the city was caught off-guard by a snowstorm–the first one to come in October in half a century–and it reminded me how winter can also be sort of thrilling. (And how this place is always full of surprises.)
When we stepped into the subway downtown, it was fall and we were escaping from wind and rain; uptown, we arrived to winter and heavy snowdrifts. Aron’s sister was visiting us from Germany and I kept getting distracted from our conversation at brunch by the snow falling outside the window behind her, in the courtyard of the Whitney, slowly beginning to stick to the leaves.
After eating, we walked into Central Park. It was so quiet and beautiful in the falling snow–until the quiet was interrupted by the crack of tree limbs falling under the weight of the wet snow on their leaves. After three large limbs fell within 100 yards of us (and within 10 feet of where we were planning to, or had been walking) we hurried back out of the park, joining the crowds dripping in the front hall of the Met instead.
Oh… and P.S…. Happy Halloween!
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what lovely photos! that snow was quite amazing. i spent most of the day in the financial district and the wind down there was a little much! it was so fun to wake up and see snow out the window though!
sarah
Okay…what is with the umbrellas? We get snow in MN and no one uses umbrellas! Love your photos!
Wow! Talk about a storm! These photos are absolutely lovely. I hope Aron's family wasn't too put off by it. I hate snow but it sure does make the world so much more interesting.
Oh, I am so envious of all your snow! Happy for you to send some across the pond to us…!
It looks so beautiful! I'm such a sucker for snow (that's what happens when you live in Miami
I'm jealous of all the snow the east coast got. thanks for the awesome photos!
Your photos of it are beautiful. I'm so sad about the trees!
Oh snow not yet here at least.
Nice photos you have captured though. Anna
And it's all gone again. Just an aberration! It is really sad about all the trees damaged. Central park conservancy estimates 1000 lost trees there alone.
I'm definitely a winter person, much to the chagrin of my friends and family who hate it, but for some reason I have been dreading the cold weather. Seeing these pics of the unexpected snow have reminded me – winter is beautiful! Can't wait to see a little bit of that here in a few weeks.
what beautiful photos and family pictures!
where was baby hudson during this time?
Oh how exciting! We never get snow anytime of year where I live in Australia. Great photos.
It's my first NYC winter and I was thrilled to see the snow on Saturday… I'm sure that at the end of a long and cold winter it's a bit tiring, but NYC was so pretty under a light dusting of white!
Oh winter. The photos are just lovely though. (She said as she typed from her warm cozy house).
I know the snow caused a lot of havoc, but may I just say that these shots are making me miss NYC more than ever? I feel like I'm missing out here in SoCal where the temps fluctuate a whopping 10 degrees.
The first photo really should be an xmas card so lovely.
Will i'm sharing your side of the pond lets just put the snow off for a little while yet shall we, London grinds to a halt as soon as theres the first sign of a flake.
J x
Lets go straight to winter. Great photos.
Your photos are absolutely beautiful! Isn't it a bit of a conflict in your mind when you're absolutely hating the snow but still thinking that it looks absolutely beautiful? It's so difficult to hate something that looks so stunning! (Even when it arrives a month or two early)
Let it snow New York let it snow! these pictures are making me yearn for snow flakes.