| For anyone who likes snow and winter weather, the | | | | from warm buildings into vehicles and back into warm |
| state of Maine provides a perfect vacation spot, | | | | buildings as quickly as possible. Eyes water; noses turn |
| especially northern areas like Aroostook County with | | | | red; toes become numb. Misery runs rampant as the |
| towns like Caribou, Limestone, and Presque Isle hidden | | | | temperature drops lower and lower; the wind, strong |
| beyond large cities and heavily populated areas. A visit | | | | and vicious, makes the cold penetrate into the |
| in winter results in a different perspective than one | | | | innermost core of a person. |
| during summer. | | | | Low, gray skies depress and press upon spirits as |
| Of the four seasons, winter most evokes extreme | | | | people attempt their business of living, many wishing to |
| emotions. Some people hate winter, the whole season: | | | | hibernate the winter away. Yet, many days glitter and |
| the wind and the cold, the coats and the boots, the | | | | glisten as the sun's rays upon the snow shoots sparks |
| gray skies and the snow. Others come alive in winter: | | | | of light into eyes, causing an illusion of heat on faces. |
| the brisk air and fresh breezes, the bright snow and | | | | However harsh a Maine winter may be, no one can |
| warm fires, the skiing and the skating. Winter attacks | | | | deny the beauty once snow covers any barrenness |
| some places with more anger than others. Some | | | | and ugliness. Tall majestic fir and pine stand under their |
| places have sunshine glittering on a snow-covered | | | | mantles. Crystallized birches appear at attention. Hill, |
| landscape; others have harsh winds and blowing dirt. A | | | | vale, and garbage heap sleep under a blanket of white |
| Maine winter brings harsh wind, bitter cold, gray | | | | which softens and hides defects. |
| threatening skies, bright sunny days, and a Christmas | | | | Thus a Maine winter reveals a great beauty to rest |
| card beauty of ice and snow. | | | | the eyes, cold and wind to battle, dark skies and bright |
| Bundled in woolen clothes, coats, caps, mittens, and | | | | sun to play havoc with spirits. Yet, harsh cold and biting |
| mufflers, school children stand huddled in doorways as | | | | winds, sunshine and depressing gray days create the |
| they await the school bus. The wind hurls the biting | | | | whole, making the beauty all the more unique. |
| cold through the strongest of materials. People rush | | | | |