March...

My understanding is that March is the wettest month of the year. When I say wet, I mean that wet comes in the form of snow.  Colorado is a dry state, so they take all the snow they can get.  Apparently, this is a low snow year, so far. 


Love it!! Bring on the snow!

Let me explain a few things about the whole snow experience. When it snows, it is cold, of course, and it will give us anywhere from a couple of inches to 8 inches. {our max thus far}.  Our neighborhood CCR's require that our driveway and sidewalks be shoveled within 24 hours of the end of the snowfall.  No problem.  When we went out to shovel it, I thought is was going to take forever! It was so light and fluffy that it didn't take us very long at all. No wonder people love to ski in Colorado, the snow is all powder!

This snow just will not melt...it's been there a while.

 BUT...a key to shoveling the driveway is to NOT back out the garage before you shovel.  Once a vehicle has backed out or driven in, forget getting those tracks off of the cement.  They are there until the sun comes back.  Our driveway faces North and so we had a chunk of ice from the said reason above, that stayed there for a good week and a half.  Nasty and annoying!

Might as well leave them out...

Once the snow has fallen, all you have to do is give it a day or two and the snow is gone from the major streets and all the sidewalks, lawns or just about anywhere the sun hits.  That sun is so awesome! Even when it is 35 degrees, when the sun is out and there are no clouds, it feels pretty nice - more like 40 degrees.  I'll take those 5 degrees any day!



The little pond in the back is frozen all winter...
hope the fish are ok.

Now that March is here, the thermometer has slowly crept up and we are nearing 60-65 degrees in the next week.  Yay!  But if you recall, March is the wettest month of the year.  So yes, there is snow in the forecast for this weekend. A bunch of it, too.  No worries, it will be cold this weekend but by Tuesday, the snow will be gone from the roads and we'll be back to 60 something.