Springtime in the Rockies

Tomorrow is the last day of ski season for many Colorado resorts, but this year they probably could have favorable conditions well into May, as yet one more major spring storm has come into the area.

This is my backyard this morning


And it is still snowing! The good news is that it will be back in the 70's by Tuesday, and stay there until the end of the week, so this snow will become free moisture for my lawn over the next few days.

In the twelve years I've lived out here, I cannot ever remember having constant precipitation for 3 days in a row. This storm started out as rain on Thursday Morning, turned to snow overnight Thursday night, became rain yesterday afternoon, stopped for a little bit last night and now is a kind of a fine wet snow, probably changing to rain again before it stops. Right now there is lots of slush on the roads and sidewalks, but I expect everything to be dry again by tomorrow afternoon.

Hopefully this is the last major snow storm of the season, we will still get some snow in May and maybe June, but usually it's a couple of inches that lasts for minutes after the storm ends.

So from the Winter Wonderland that is my house, have a Totally Gruntled Day.