Snow=Cotton

The heat went out in my house today. I went to the basement to check out the furnace, which was indeed silent. While I walked through the dark and cold space I noticed the windows. The snow had piled up past the tops of them. The little sunlight that made it through appeared as though it was passing through cotton, or another fluffy material. When the light filtered through it it reminded me of a pile of cotton balls. That may seem odd, but that's what I thought. The snow was light and fluffy, and untouched.