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