Window Wonderland or Ugly Reality?

The top photo is the image that comes to mind when romantics think of beautiful snowfalls and winter wonderland, but the image at the bottom is the reality of Midwestern snowfalls...months and months of dirty, discoloured snow lining the curbs and covering the icy streets. The top is the scene next door after a gentle and slight snowfall and the bottom is our current curbside scene after our recent covering of snow.  What can I say? More predicted on Wednesday!

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

Since we have to live in it, we might as well enjoy the weather and the snow. It's all quite beautiful!