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