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