It has snowed every day for a week straight. It has temporarily stopped but is scheduled to return this evening. Tomorrow we should have a respite, but snow is expected again on Tuesday. I can’t remember the last time I left the house.
Štefania came and shoveled the snow already on at least three occasions. Her husband, Ondrej [Jendruš in the Osturňa dialect] cleared some more snow today. At the same time, Edyta popped by with three desserts, one for each of us, while I offered coffee or tea.
This is the most snow I remember in Osturňa. My late cousin, Katarina, claimed that they used to routinely received two meters [6.5 feet] in winter. I think the gods are now making up for the lack of snow in all the previous years.
Ľudka and I had planned a small winter sports competition for children to be held yesterday. But after a short conversation that morning, we decided it best to cancel the thing until next week. The weather had created such dangerous conditions that it would be reckless for us to continue. The weather for next Saturday is forecasted to be clear.
These winter months have been extremely quiet. There are naturally certain tasks to complete. And, of course, I continue to nurse my legs each day as they very slowly heal (I estimate that I need another four months to be fully healed). Otherwise, I watch a lot of YouTube videos. I’m quite bored actually. It recently occurred to me that I should have probably already left for Croatia or Montenegro for the month. I may still get away for a few weeks before spring arrives.
So I have no message, no unifying theme to relay in this post. Just snow. A lot of snow. Really a lot.