Of course, we all love summer. Sea, beach, gorgeous tan and a minimum of clothing. But other seasons also have their own zest and appeal. Pushkin, for example, loved autumn. This is a great time for walking along the alleys strewn with fallen leaves. And it’s nice to spend rainy evenings with a cup of hot coffee. The falling asleep nature in winter excited the soul of more than one poet. But today we will throw aside all the colors and will enjoy a clean white sheet. Winter.
The coldest months
Not all regions of the planet can boast of a real winter, fierce, with character. In some countries they don’t have any idea what white fluffy snow is. In order to understand what the true beauty of winter nature is, take a blank album sheet and peer at it. At this time of year, nature paints exclusively white.
December
It’s hard to say that winter begins on schedule. The first snow may come as a surprise in November. And sometimes you can’t wait for the New Year.
The first month is called Studenets. Without it, a complete description of winter nature, its magical transformation, cannot be given. At this time, the world is enveloped in real frost. The air is getting cold.
Rivers, lakes are covered with ice. And wildlife calms down. Bird singing is no longer so audible, and a rare beast will decide on a winter walk.
Day loses its minutes, and night adds. It becomes cozy and warm in the houses. At this time, people are preparing for a bright holiday. Garlands appear on the windows, and in the eyes lights of anticipation of the New Year's Eve light up .
January
The real magic of winter can be observed with the onset of the second month. January got its name in honor of the two-faced Roman god of time and the gate - Janus.
It is impossible to limit in one word the description of winter nature at this time. In the best days, the clouds recede, releasing the sun into the sky. It reveals real miracles to us. The world around is filled with light reflected by pieces of ice.
In January, on sunny days, the frost intensifies, the wind calms down. Nature seems to freeze.
At this time, trees, grasses and shrubs are gaining strength, resting and preparing for the upcoming awakening. If you take a twig and put it in the water in a warm house, then after a while it will come to life. Buds will appear on it, followed by young foliage.
In January, the day begins to gradually increase. Long nights recede.
February
The third month of winter in the Northern Hemisphere is called Bokogrey. This is the shortest month of the year: it has 28 days in a normal year and 29 in leap years. The sun at this time rises above the horizon higher and its heat gradually increases. But nature in winter is still very deceiving. The air remains cold.
The approach of spring is felt every day more and more. In February, thaws and frosts alternate very often. This is a true struggle of two seasons. The wind intensifies, changes direction, and with it the mood of nature. Either she cries with melted snow, then freezes, intending to keep everything in cold indestructibility.
Winter in art
For a real writer, Russian winter is the embodiment of a fairy tale. In their works about this time of the year they often mention unusual characters: brothers-months, frost-voivode. Even the wind appears before us as a living creature.
“Winter-winter rushes in the ice carriage,
The wind is knocking with wings on sleepy houses. ”
But many see the story of winter nature differently, more prosaically, but at the same time fun. They represent life in this period naughty and playful:
"Boys are a joyful people
Skates soundly cuts the ice ... "
The main description of winter nature for many poets is in such a bewitching event as snowfall. Everyone experienced this incredible feeling when the earth turned completely white. Everything around was transformed. The grayness and darkness disappeared. It seemed that here is life.
There is everything in winter. It can be dangerous, crazy: frost, blizzards, blizzard. But there is as much joy, solemnity in it.
Not only masters of the word undertake to describe the seasons. Nobody feels so finely all the colors and shades of this time, like artists. Most often, natural phenomena in winter on canvas look serene. Everything around is in calm and hope. The first snow is a symbol of the fact that everything will work out.
Russian artists perceive winter as their native element. They often show that our people are accustomed to severe frosts. He is not afraid of snow, blizzard or cold.
With the advent of cold weather, everything is different
Description of the winter nature should begin with changes in the time of day. Day is decreasing, night is getting longer. The sun is lower than the horizon and therefore its heat is not so noticeable.
Plants fall asleep. In the fall, they prepared for this period, dropping the foliage. The movement of juices in the cortex stops. During frosts, snow becomes a real salvation for them. Covering the earth, branches, trunks with a dense blanket, he protects and protects all life. After all, some plants go green under the snow. This is a hoofed strawberry.
But there are plants that continue to grow in the cold months of the year. In order to please us with their colors in early spring. For example, snowdrops.
What happens to animals? Of course, a little will affect your pet winter. But wild animals prepare for this period in advance.
Migratory birds leave their homes and travel to warmer climes. Those that remain wintering are insulated.
Insects get deeper underground, some fall asleep in secluded warm places. But not only such tiny creatures fall into a dream. Somewhere in the bushes, under the fallen leaves, hedgehogs and snakes sleep. A huge brown bear climbs into its den to wake up in the spring. In no case should you disturb a sleeping beast. He will be very aggressive and dangerous.
Hares, squirrels, foxes - they all change their “summer clothes” to warm wool. Even their color becomes different. Hares, adapting to environmental changes for survival, become white.
We all have to change with the onset of cold weather. We ourselves look like natural phenomena in winter: in huge fur coats, warm hats and scarves.