Posts Tagged ‘snow’
We’re almost there, and it cannot come soon enough. This winter has been particularly difficult, not that we got more snow than usual it’s just that our quad has been down for over a month making any amount of snow an absolute bear to deal with. No pun intended by the way; I know first hand about dealing with bears. We’ve got a regular visitor who will no doubt be showing up shortly after spring arrives looking for his first meal of the season. Anyway, I thought I’d update the site with a spring theme. I know this is really an Easter theme, which I used on the day last year, but I just think it is so cute that one day is not enough. So here it is, with a reposted image from the spring of 2009 photo gallery. Okay Mr. Sun, come on out and make with the warmth!
Within a matter of hours our Indian summer has turned to winter. The huge storm moving across the United States dumped two feet of snow on south west Colorado overnight. The sun is trying to break out this morning but the weather forecast is telling us more storm is on the way. There’s already too much snow for the four wheeler to plow; it keeps getting stuck and Pete is having a heck of a time trying to clear our road. We’re definitely not going anywhere today. It’s okay though, we have plenty of supplies and the internet is working – that’s all we can ask for in this kind of weather.
While doing mundane tasks today I realized that Friday is the Spring Equinox, hooray! About this time of year I am so over winter it’s not even funny. The time change has been nice, now it’s light until 7 pm and there is time to get things done around here. The snow is nearly all gone on our south facing property so I took a walk the other day to assess the winter damages. Not so bad this year, only thing I’ve seen so far is a broken pipe going into one of the two water storage cisterns we have here at the house. At least that’s an easy one to fix, we’ve had enough things going on the past few months and my handywoman skills are ready for a break!
B.F.C. is an acronym for Bum F@%*, Colorado, a nickname I’ve given to the rural area where I live in southwest Colorado. I’m 8 miles from my mailbox, and 15 miles from the nearest town (and I use the term “town” loosely). There are no public utilities in our area aside from electricity, and there is no trash service. Our dirt and gravel road is a half mile long, uphill, and curvy – a total pain during mud and snow season and only half of the distance we have to travel to get to the county road from our house. What we do have is 40 acres of 50+ foot pine trees, a cozy home, a large barn, and an incredible 180+ degree view of the facing mountains and the valley below. We have very few neighbors, and the closest of them is over half a mile away. It is incredibly quiet and peaceful here, and with virtually no light pollution the night sky is filled with more stars than I have ever seen. Living in the middle of almost nowhere has its ups and downs, just like anywhere, but we love living in such a remote location and are very grateful to call this place that we’ve named Cloud9 our home.
