Blanket for the Night

Mid-week we got a surprise snow. It came in the night. Rain had fallen most of the afternoon, and the temperatures steadily dropped. I was up late in the dark kitchen in a glow of computer light. The windows creaked with a wind gust. Hillsborough was getting a blanket for the night. I went out, put fresh tracks down the steps, around to the garden. Stood briefly, still, listening to the flakes and wind.