they say things just cannot grow beneath the winter snow

My walk home from class today was very slippery, to say the least.  I was certainly not prepared for the snowflakes that obscured my vision, or the ice that glazed the sidewalks.  It was only three hours ago, I thought, when I was last outside.  But, this newly adopted Winter Wonderland surely seemed like a blessing compared to the erratic wind patterns that we've been experiencing over the last few days.

Big Yellow Taxi.

A bare winter tree--one of the only few in New York.

Union Square Subway.