October Snow

The first real snowstorm of the season in the Denver area. It came in pretty much as scheduled, starting with rain and turning to snow last evening. Three to five inches on the plains, more up north and in the foothills.  It was a picture perfect display - Mother Nature at her best!


Of course, there was the media hype to wade through. Wouldn't it be nice to turn on the news without the "apocolyptic" knee jerk commentary?  Hundreds of plows, five hundred workers standing at the ready for the "worst storm of the year". (When it's the first, that's not a hard benchmark to attain...)  There were Excel Energy crews from the New Mexico to Wyoming borders ready to fix any downed lines and outages.  Yes, some tree limbs broke and there were downed power lines; there was a lot of snow in some areas. We're OK, we're tough. Once you survived the Denver Metro blizzard of '82, all else is sugarplums!


What was left of the flower beds has just taken care of itself. Once the snow thaws, I'll clean out the last pots and call it a season. There is almost as much joy in closing down the gardens as there is setting them up in the spring...almost.





Look how big the little blue spruce has gotten. I have two that were raised from tiny Arbor Day Foundation sprouts. Doug says they wreak havoc on the lawn sprinkler setup (yeah, they do) but they are a delight to watch grow. We need two more strings of lights - each - for them come Thanksgiving  Day! It is so nice to see their holiday glow from the kitchen or hot tub each Christmas.

So happy snow day to you - if you were as lucky as I to sit inside and watch the world turn white around you. And if you weren't, perhaps these shots of my yard will give you a positive feeling about the changing of the seasons and prospects for a bright tomorrow!