The snow last week, with some hungry visitors.
The thermometer has not gotten above freezing for over a week.
While we get snow here almost every year, it’s usually melted within 2 or 3 days and, even if we get as much as a foot like we did 2 years ago, it’s gone within a week.
A week ago we had a trace of snow, not even enough to measure. It’s been so cold that some of that trace of snow is still on the ground in areas that are shaded all day long this time of year.
I’m not complaining. We’ve lived in colder places. One winter in the 70s, when we lived in a high mountain desert town in Idaho, it didn’t get above 0°F for a month and was below -20°F for a week.
And, in the almost 30 years we’ve here, we’ve had had other long cold periods.
But, that was then, and this is now.
Brrrrr!
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That’s amazing! We’ve had warmer weather here at 7200 feet in the Rockies.
.-= Jean Browman–Cheerful Monk´s last blog ..Connecting, Building Memories =-.
Burrrrr! That’s cold. We’re currently experiencing a warm spell with temps in the 40′s .
And I don’t know about you, but I’d rather have snow then cold.
.-= Barbara Swafford´s last blog ..Looking Forward =-.
Jean – Yeah, the arctic front dove down east of the Rockies, so we got the brunt of it. Fortunately it’s getting warmer. It was actually above freezing yesterday – for about an hour.
Barbara – I guess snow would be better than Arctic cold, especially here, where the snow doesn’t stick around long, most times. Unfortunately, Arkansas doesn’t have the snow removal equipment to deal with long term, widespread snow.
I can’t imagine. I spent my childhood in warm Israel, then moved to California. Summers a kid were spent in Europe, but never winters.
I truly can’t imagine!
.-= vered | blogger for hire´s last blog ..Fat People Not Welcome =-.
I love our winters here in the mountains of New Mexico. The sun actually comes out. Eventually my daughter wants us to move to the Chicago area (think yucky winters) so we can be closer to her. I don’t want to leave so I am enjoying this place as long as I can. Hopefully moving is a long time away, but times flies by so fast I don’t want to take things for granted.
My Mom is moving out to Wisconsin from Denver when she retires… she’ll be in for a treat. Actually now that i have been here ten years I have acclimated to it. I was in Las Vegas in February in 2008 and I couldn’t stop sweating because it was 70 degrees. LOL I am in ice princess now.
.-= Michelle Gartner´s last blog ..A Parliamant of Vintage Owls =-.
Today was more like Spring than early January. We’re expecting more cold soon, but it does seem strange to be able to go out with just a light jacket or a heavy shirt.
.-= Jean Browman–Cheerful Monk´s last blog ..Connecting, Building Memories =-.
I’m not a fan of the cold either. I find that when there is no snow on the ground, the cold feels colder too. It seems to act as an insulator in some way. We’re experiencing the opposite scenario here in Vancouver; warmer than usual temperatures. I don’t mind. What I do mind are the dark, gloomy days. I can’t wait for the sun to rise earlier.
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vered – I guess I envy that a little bit. From age 15 through 21, I managed to avoid more than a hint of cold weather in the places I lived or, in the navy, was stationed. Then, in the fall of 1973, we moved to a duty station in Connecticut.
Jean – I can well imagine the yucky winters of Illinois. When I was a kid in Nebraska, we didn’t get the snow that places around the Lakes get, but we sure had plenty of dreary cloudy days. Winter before last, we drove up to our daughter’s place in Wisconsin. From Bloomington, Illinois, to the Wisconsin state line, it was like a whiteout — except it wasn’t snowing. Snow on the ground and cold fog. Then, of course, there’s the dirty slushy mess to deal with after the snow.
Michelle – Of course, Wisconsin will be a treat, being with her daughter and grandkids.
OH, you meant the weather.
Davina – I think you’re getting the “benefit” of the El Nino weather pattern in the Pacific. It was anticipated that we would have a warmer, wetter winter than normal because of it — but then this arctic blast showed up, though our weather is now getting back to normal.