Snow-pocalypse, Rockies edition

Yeah, I know. We're supposed to be getting lots of snow anyway here in Colorado. The state name is practically synonymous with snow (even though Denver has on the average 300 days of sunshine a year). But this system proved to be our Big One, an average of 2-3 feet in most areas of the Front Range. And here's just some of the proof:






This is from our backyard, where it always looks like this when we get major snowstorms. And here's another view:



A lame revelation on my part - now that I have this awesome camera phone, I can take really good pictures for this blog in a pinch. I guess I've take the snobbish attitude that photography really isn't if it's not taken on my DSLR and I haven't processed the pictures to look stunning. But this little Android phone will do, especially when I'm writing here and want to do more illustrations.

R and I both home today - he because it's his flex day, mine because it's that rarest of rarities in my line of work - the snow day. The kids of course are also enjoying this day, but at their dad's house. I'm not sure whether it's a good or bad thing. A little of both, I suppose.

A snowy start to December

Blowing snow blankets my view of the outside, so much that I cannot see the mountains situated a mere quarter mile away. Winter is here with a vengeance. Of course, it's not a snow day for my school district. There would have to be 8-10 inches more of the white stuff and about 10-15 degrees colder for them to even consider doing that.

But my monkey mind says "I wanna stay home!" That's also the California girl in me, the one who never had to deal with snow until I moved here nearly ten years ago. So it's off to work I go in a few hours here.

I'm getting back on track here with writing and photography, so I feel I can forgive myself for the black hole that was October and November. It would just be nice to hibernated for the day and not have to go outside... :)