I was fooled

I don't know why, but for some strange reason I actually thought that this year the winter would stay once it had arrived. But, no. The snow lasted only a week and now the grass is once again brown and gloomy, the roads are now ice and slush free but covered in slippery gravel and the smiles that only a winter landscape can put on peoples faces are gone. But I'm optimistic, the snow will come back, and when it does it will last until late in March.