New Year, New Moon, New Snow

Mother Nature is bringing in the new year in her own special way.  This January 1st has come with a new moon in the night sky - if you can see the night sky where you are.  Where I am the snow started to fall yesterday.  Not a heavy wet snow, but a light powdery snow that has sifted itself into tall drifts on either side of the paths I cleared today.  The snow has fallen all day, and promises to stay at least part of the night.  By morning we may have close to a foot - covering the world in a pure and fresh white as if to wipe the slate clean for us all again.  What a beautiful gift to start the new year with.