5

For days after our unseasonably early snow, pockets of white lingered in shady corners. Now the icy clumps have melted, but snow is reappearing in the windows of shops and houses around Seattle. Snow sprayed from a can, snow poured out of bags, snow painted onto glass. I like the snow cut from folded paper best.

For Day 5 of my Holidailes advent calendar, the magic of the internets brings you a cut-out snowflake. ‘Cut’ your own snowflakes at Make-a-Flake. Be careful; this activity is habit-forming.