

| Drop by drop the snow pack dies, watering the arid lands below. | 
| Friday, August 24, 2012 ~ Day 24 of the 30-Day Blogging Challenge prompt is "Write a short story/paragraph using as many emoticons in place of words as you can."  is the frozen tears of the  of love. This beautiful white winged  was  with the  . She watched as  and  created families as they spread across the  . She watched as they discovered  and learned to construct  . She watched as they planted  ,  ,  ,  , and    .  She watched as the planted  ,  ,  , and learned to roast  beans.  She watched as they domesticated  ,  , and other animals. When ever a  or a  discovered something new, created something of use, or did something good she would  and  . Then one late December day when the  was setting and the  rising; before the first  began to sparkle in the night sky. She witness a  , she could not tell if it was a  or a  , discovered  . The  began to  into the  destroying  ,  , and  . The  of love tried to  the  with a gentle touch, but the  of the  of love grew cold. Then  began to fall from the eyes of the  of love. This is the legend of the creation of  . 
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