{"id":1173,"date":"2020-12-09T17:14:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T17:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2021-01-04T21:08:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T21:08:27","slug":"first-snow-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/first-snow-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"First Snow of the Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/B1F06067-1FA9-4D4D-A82A-29DF91DA75B5-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/B1F06067-1FA9-4D4D-A82A-29DF91DA75B5-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/B1F06067-1FA9-4D4D-A82A-29DF91DA75B5-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/B1F06067-1FA9-4D4D-A82A-29DF91DA75B5-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/B1F06067-1FA9-4D4D-A82A-29DF91DA75B5-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/B1F06067-1FA9-4D4D-A82A-29DF91DA75B5-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/B1F06067-1FA9-4D4D-A82A-29DF91DA75B5-440x248.jpeg 440w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/B1F06067-1FA9-4D4D-A82A-29DF91DA75B5-640x360.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Big fat flakes are falling, just like when we landed here a year ago. The moving truck didn\u2019t arrive until New Year\u2019s, but we got to camp out and enjoy some NYC holiday magic. Seeing the displays today made me a little teary-eyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/765B4AAB-378B-47FE-8292-7060B1F861C0-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1176\" class=\"wp-image-1176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/765B4AAB-378B-47FE-8292-7060B1F861C0-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/765B4AAB-378B-47FE-8292-7060B1F861C0-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/765B4AAB-378B-47FE-8292-7060B1F861C0-150x150.jpeg 150w, 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src=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/688028A9-6061-47E4-A61C-AD1805C6FEDB-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1178\" class=\"wp-image-1178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/688028A9-6061-47E4-A61C-AD1805C6FEDB-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/688028A9-6061-47E4-A61C-AD1805C6FEDB-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/688028A9-6061-47E4-A61C-AD1805C6FEDB-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/688028A9-6061-47E4-A61C-AD1805C6FEDB-768x767.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/688028A9-6061-47E4-A61C-AD1805C6FEDB-640x640.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/688028A9-6061-47E4-A61C-AD1805C6FEDB-440x440.jpeg 440w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/688028A9-6061-47E4-A61C-AD1805C6FEDB.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2B3AE976-246E-407C-A85B-481B471F01AC-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1179\" class=\"wp-image-1179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2B3AE976-246E-407C-A85B-481B471F01AC-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2B3AE976-246E-407C-A85B-481B471F01AC-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2B3AE976-246E-407C-A85B-481B471F01AC-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2B3AE976-246E-407C-A85B-481B471F01AC-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2B3AE976-246E-407C-A85B-481B471F01AC-640x640.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2B3AE976-246E-407C-A85B-481B471F01AC-440x440.jpeg 440w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/2B3AE976-246E-407C-A85B-481B471F01AC.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Times Square is still bare. I recall the ghosts of Christmas past, when we moved through a sea of holiday revelers at every turn. I could not have imagined then that my first year in NY would be mostly void of tourists and crowds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have all faced what is possibly the most unique year of our lives. Sometimes I can recognize the value in having routines derailed. Other times I am sad in being sequestered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/30E7E94C-7442-495D-B9A4-6CABE6B9AC69-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/30E7E94C-7442-495D-B9A4-6CABE6B9AC69-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/30E7E94C-7442-495D-B9A4-6CABE6B9AC69-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/30E7E94C-7442-495D-B9A4-6CABE6B9AC69-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/30E7E94C-7442-495D-B9A4-6CABE6B9AC69-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/30E7E94C-7442-495D-B9A4-6CABE6B9AC69-640x640.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/30E7E94C-7442-495D-B9A4-6CABE6B9AC69-440x440.jpeg 440w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/30E7E94C-7442-495D-B9A4-6CABE6B9AC69.jpeg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A skater at Rockefeller Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the first year EVER that I will not travel at the holidays. When I was a kid, we would pack the big blue van full of presents and drive from FL to NC to see relatives. After I got married and moved away, we\u2019d return to celebrate Christmas in Florida. The South calls me home for the holidays, but I will not be going this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s such a weird feeling. I have been in a decorating frenzy like never before. Memories are jogged by tree ornaments (many made by my grandma); my husband Mark and I both have our stockings from when we were young. I see visions of our families here in this living room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CE77F4C9-2E7E-474A-8B0E-B67A0C6F513D-819x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CE77F4C9-2E7E-474A-8B0E-B67A0C6F513D-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CE77F4C9-2E7E-474A-8B0E-B67A0C6F513D-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CE77F4C9-2E7E-474A-8B0E-B67A0C6F513D-768x960.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CE77F4C9-2E7E-474A-8B0E-B67A0C6F513D-1229x1536.jpeg 1229w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CE77F4C9-2E7E-474A-8B0E-B67A0C6F513D-1639x2048.jpeg 1639w, https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/CE77F4C9-2E7E-474A-8B0E-B67A0C6F513D-512x640.jpeg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption>Mini trees made by my mother-in-law, Anne Fleishman <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will do more to bring the spirit of loved ones near. Having only been a holiday traveler, there will be many firsts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEVER HAVE I EVER baked Christmas cookies, never have I made a Christmas dinner, never have I made a good old Southern chess pie. But this year I will. I want to bring as much tradition as I can into this most untraditional situation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sending you love and comfort, wherever you are. May you celebrate joys big and small &#8211; giving gratitude for each moment of stillness, each snowflake, wave of the ocean, or sunset &#8211; swirled in sights and smells and memories you hold dear.<br><br>May your heart be light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.evefleishman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/11-Peace-on-Earth.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Hear Eve\u2019s holiday song, Peace on Earth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big fat flakes are falling, just like when we landed here a year ago. The moving truck didn\u2019t arrive until New Year\u2019s, but we got to camp out and enjoy some NYC holiday magic. Seeing the displays today made me a little teary-eyed. Times Square is still bare. 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