Let It Snow?
H. Aziz KAYIHAN
December 24, 2014
Once or twice in every winter it would snow and there would be, the most, 2-3 cm snow cover, which would eventually melt in couple of hours. So, while making a snowman was hard, if you were fast enough, you could do it while it still snows. And yes; it would stand for a while... That's why, when I have been placed to Erciyes University after the University Student Selection Examination, I was happy that I was going to a city that was snow covered throughout winter.
All dreams come to an end quickly. The very first year I moved there, and even in the second week of the snow, I started hating it! Enjoying something and living with it is completely different, I have faced it then.
Long story short, 10 years passed since, and the city once covered with snow from November till April, now sees snow once or twice throughout the winter. Last year it snowed for 3 days starting on December 10th. By Christmas, there was no snow cover. That was all the snow for the whole winter. I remember times that it used to snow continuously for a week and a half, non-stop. 2015 winter has just arrived and it snowed on December 22nd and not as much as last year.
Now I miss snow, not just for the joy of it, but also for nature. We grow and see the world with our big eyes differently, while keeping the kid inside...
Did someone say Global warming?...
(Photographs are taken by (in order of appearance) Mehmet Ali Kayıhan and myself)
