1/9: falling snow

...in the afternoon, so I got myself motivated and took a walk.  At first it was just me outside.  Then a neighbor came out with her two toddler children, and it was great to hear them laugh as they played.  A little later her spouse was walking down the street and we remarked on how great it was to be in the weather--its prettiness and quiet.  You could hear the flapping of birds' wings when they darted from bush to bush.