First snowfall!
Okay, so it involved silver iodide missiles (which I didn’t find out about until three-four days later), but it snowed in Beijing! We weren’t here for it because we were out in Shandong Province (where it also snowed ridiculously, albeit quickly) for the weekend but there was still some left for me to enthusiastically take pictures as I remained blissfully aware of the previous days’ weather intervention.
Below: (Last remnants of) Snow! (and the Beijing University Library)
A Close-up on Some Snow (and slightly sorry-looking flowers)
Snow on the Library’s Hedges (and the Boya Tower)
I had a short paragraph all planned out to talk about how strange the snowfall was because it was only two weeks ago when the leaves, still firmly attached to the branches, started changing colors. I snapped the picture below, amused by the wrestle between seasons, nature’s order, and the passage of time. I like to think that M.C. Escher would’ve thought the composition of Gingko leaves and snow at least a little cool.
