Sudden heavy snowfall transformed the Colorado landscape overnight.
Evidence
It was so odd and novel to have a beautiful bed room, hot water, and other luxuries. The snow began to fall in good earnest at six in the evening, and fell all night, accompanied by intense frost, so that in the morning there were eight inches of it glittering in the sun. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 168
Categorization
- FICTION: The glittering, pathless snow and the comforts of a warm room evoke a specific scene texture for period fiction.
- XREF: connects to: Light and snow transforms the Colorado mountains into fairyland scenery — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 108; Vividly colored rock monuments gave Colorado parks a strange beauty in snow — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 165; Heavy snowfall produces a felt suspension of ordinary time — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 200 (+1 more)
Broader Connections
- Heavy snowfall produces a felt suspension of ordinary time
#corroborates(1.00) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 200 - Mid-November Colorado skies can be nearly cloudless but for vermilion sunrise clouds.
#qualifies(1.00) — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 206