Snow

Unfortunately, last nights dreams faded quickly. Especially as it had one of my favorite themes: snow. What bits I do remember involved being in a large garage with several automobiles inside in various states of disrepair. Outside was snow. Alot of it. The garage was up on a hill looking down over a large mountainside lot. The snow was deep on the mountain. Several feet in some places, and very chunky as if it were piled up there by big machines.

There were a few people at the garage. Adults and children. I am really not sure what they were doing there. At one point however, a pair of lions appeared, coming up the hill towards the garage entrance. I exclaimed that they needed to get the children inside the car. Next, I noticed the lions were focused on my dogs, Stout and Eleanor.

I directed Linda to take them into an orange vw beetle that sat atop another car. She had to enter through the sun roof which was opened. Once inside, she struggled to get the soft top closed. Frustrated and fearing for the pups, I leaped at one of the lions, knocking it back. Remembering my bear training, I tried to appear as large as possible (because, if it works on bears, it should work on lions ). It did work, or at least, they became disinterested enough that they departed.

This is where the dream became fuzzy. We needed to head down the hill. I pointed out that it was easier to ski down, basically sliding, then to try to fight the slick snow and ice. After that, I don't recall what happened.

Skiing, and snow, are one of my reoccurring dreams that I really enjoy having though. On occasion, I will dream that behind the elementary school that I attended as a child, there is a ski hill. It always starts out that there is enough snow for skiing, however, as I move down the hill, the snow becomes sparse, and eventually, it is mostly grass with patches of snow. Despite the grass, I always try to continue down the hill.

It is funny because despite feeling sad about the snow, and then the lack of snow, it is a dream that I always feel good about when I wake up.