Simply Snowing?

Have I mentioned that I love snow?

Well, I do.

I live in southeast Georgia, after all. Around here, no one in his right mind ignores a snowfall. From the youngest child to the grumpiest geezer, we all get just a little giddy at the sight of the first flake.

I'm among the giddiest.
I  rush outside with the other six year olds
to catch the snow flakes
on the tip of my tongue.

I scrape together slush balls

to fling at unsuspecting targets.

And

 if it snows during the night,

I rush outside in pajamas
at the crack of dawn

to capture it 

 before the Georgia sun makes mush

 out of my wonderland.

Yep. Snow around here is not only rare, it's fleeting. It must be enjoyed in the moment. That’s why for most Georgians, snow is the ultimate simple pleasure.  

Now, if you were thinking that we enjoyed a rare October snow here in Dixie, you would be wrong. You weren't thinking that, were you? 

This week's simple pleasure is enjoying a snow of another sort.

one that isn't all that rare.

In fact,

 it's  so common that some folks

whiz right on by 

 without a sideways glance
as if it were not special at all.

What a pity...

The Georgia snow crop

It arrives every October like clockwork,

blanketing the fields on the 30 mile country commute. 

It's  my  favorite

crop of all.

I've been waiting since the first flurries of late summer...

I watched as it blossomed white and pink...

And then, as little tiny cotton bolls began to produce little tiny cotton balls...

 And I watched...

 And I waited..
And waited...

for the fields to be defoliated
leaving nothing but fields of fluffy white
Georgia snow

It only lasts a few days

So I pulled Eenezer to the side of the road
and crawled on the hood 
with a shiny red Kodak.

And I captured the moment

before some cotton pickin' farmer

showed up to gather his Georgia snowcrop 

for a simple pleasure of the commerical sort.

Enjoying the Georgia snow crop...

This week's simple pleasure.

*****

Joining Dayle at A Collection of This and That
 for her

Simple Pleasures party.