Ohl: Snowflakes
The only way I can stay reasonably sane during the nasty months of January and February with the cold, the darkness, dry and cracked skin, and cabin fever is by concentrating on my winter hobby. I am among a handful of Minnesotans who collect snowflakes which was pioneered by Wilson Alwyn Bentley back in 1885. If you drive through my neighborhood on a windless, winter evening when the snow is falling, you may see me standing in the yard wearing my black coat holding a flashlight and a cold sheet of black tagboard.
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