Northeaster

My area was just hit by a fierce northeaster... 

...a strong and powerful storm which rampaged through here, leaving much of everything outside my little window covered with ice. There's a coating of ice on fences, benches, lampposts, trash cans, and on every blade of grass. Now the prison's ball field looks like an expanse of shimmering glass.

Meanwhile, I've been watching a flock of approximately two dozen confused robins that've been intensely pecking at the frozen ground for several hours. I'm amazed that they don't seem to be bothered by the cold.

A few days before the storm struck, however, the weather was mild and birds were everywhere. But now the weather has turned bizarre, and we've been taken by surprise. Presently, much of the northeastern part of the country has come to a standstill. Yet for me, I'm simply enjoying my limited view of nature.

D.B.