A. M. — A fine, driving snow-storm. At noon clears up. It has now got to be such weather that after a cold morning it is colder in the house, — or we feel colder, — than outdoors, by noon, and are surprised that it is no colder when we come out.
P. M. — To Goose Pond by Tuttle Path. The snow has just ceased falling — about two inches deep, in the woods, upon the old and on bare ground. There is scarcely a track of any animal yet to be seen. You cannot walk too early in new-fallen snow to get the sense of purity, novelty, and unexploredness.
The snow has lodged more or less in perpendicular lines on the northerly sides of trees, so that I am able to tell the points of compass as well as by the sun. I guide myself accordingly.
The ice in the fields by the poorhouse road — frozen puddles — amid the snow, looking westward now while the sun is about setting, in cold weather, is green.
H. D.Thoreau, Journal, February 21, 1854
It has now got to be such weather that after a cold morning it is colder in the house, — or we feel colder, — than outdoors . . . See February 12, 1854 ("I am not aware till I come out how pleasant a day it is. It was very cold this morning, and I have been putting on wood in vain to warm my chamber, and lo! I come forth, and am surprised to find it warm and pleasant.”)
The ice in the fields by the poorhouse road — frozen puddles — amid the snow, looking westward now while the sun is about setting, in cold weather, is green.
H. D.Thoreau, Journal, February 21, 1854
It has now got to be such weather that after a cold morning it is colder in the house, — or we feel colder, — than outdoors . . . See February 12, 1854 ("I am not aware till I come out how pleasant a day it is. It was very cold this morning, and I have been putting on wood in vain to warm my chamber, and lo! I come forth, and am surprised to find it warm and pleasant.”)
You cannot walk too early in new-fallen snow to get the sense of purity, novelty, and unexploredness. See December 21, 1852 ("You cannot go out so early but you will find the track of some wild creature.")
The snow has lodged more or less in perpendicular lines on the northerly sides of trees. See December 23, 1851 ("There is a narrow ridge of snow, a white line, on the storm side of the stem of every exposed tree. “); January 5, 1852 ("To-day the trees are white with snow . . . and have the true wintry look, on the storm side. Not till this has the winter come to the forest.”); December 26, 1855 (“The ice is chiefly on the upper and on the storm side of twigs”); January 14, 1856 ("I think that you can best tell from what side the storm came by observing on which side of the trees the snow is plastered.“)
The ice in the fields by the poorhouse road — frozen puddles — amid the snow, looking westward now while the sun is about setting, in cold weather, is green. See January 7, 1856 ("Returning, just before sunset, the few little patches of ice look green as I go from the sun (which is in clouds). It is probably a constant phenomenon in cold weather when the ground is covered with snow and the sun is low, morning or evening, and you are looking from it."); February 12, 1860 ("Returning just before sunset, I see the ice beginning to be green..."). See also note to January 27, 1854 ("Walden ice has a green tint close by, but is distinguished by its blueness at a distance.")
The snow has lodged more or less in perpendicular lines on the northerly sides of trees. See December 23, 1851 ("There is a narrow ridge of snow, a white line, on the storm side of the stem of every exposed tree. “); January 5, 1852 ("To-day the trees are white with snow . . . and have the true wintry look, on the storm side. Not till this has the winter come to the forest.”); December 26, 1855 (“The ice is chiefly on the upper and on the storm side of twigs”); January 14, 1856 ("I think that you can best tell from what side the storm came by observing on which side of the trees the snow is plastered.“)
The ice in the fields by the poorhouse road — frozen puddles — amid the snow, looking westward now while the sun is about setting, in cold weather, is green. See January 7, 1856 ("Returning, just before sunset, the few little patches of ice look green as I go from the sun (which is in clouds). It is probably a constant phenomenon in cold weather when the ground is covered with snow and the sun is low, morning or evening, and you are looking from it."); February 12, 1860 ("Returning just before sunset, I see the ice beginning to be green..."). See also note to January 27, 1854 ("Walden ice has a green tint close by, but is distinguished by its blueness at a distance.")
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