Our week of weather

Monday it was 80 degrees. Wednesday it barely hit 30, and we got about 6 inches of snow.

These 2 pics are from this morning (Thurs), when the snow finally stopped.

Our snow casualty. Unfortunately the branch is still attached (this pic was taken from the upstairs window), so we're going to have to get a really tall ladder to finish the job.

By this afternoon most of the snow had melted - that's how it goes in Denver, where we have more sunny days than Miami!

October Snow

These pictures were from yesterday, when Jack and I drove up to Georgetown with my mom. But we also got snow (1st of the season!) at our house this morning. About an inch, but it was enough that Jon collected all the remaining peppers, tomatoes, tomatillos, and herbs from our plants. Sadly, we haven't even had any tomatillos or bell peppers ripen all the way yet! For some reason, our plants seem to grow very slowly, and our growing season is short.

We saw 2 deer having a late lunch in someone's backyard.

Jack having fun with Grammie.

Tomorrow, Jack, Mom and I are flying to Virginia to visit my grandma. So we'll be back in a couple of weeks with some new pictures!

This is why we live in Colorado

There is a commercial that is aired here that shows the ski slopes and says "this is why you live in Colorado". Well, I don't ski. A short-lived class at A&M, in which we skied down a wet, soapy, white astroturf into a chain-link fence, pretty much ruined me for that.

But, I love the fall foliage here. We have the famous Aspens, but we also have maples and many others whose names I don't know in our neighborhood. It's still a bit early in our area, but here are some shots from our walk this morning.

The park near our house - it has an amazing mountain view, and always seems to be 5-10 degrees cooler than the rest of the neighborhood.

The elementary school in our neighborhood.

Our front yard. Our tree is a red maple, and won't change colors for another few weeks, but our neighbor's tree is already losing its yellow leaves.

Note the long-sleeved shirt; unfortunately we'll need to change it soon because it's supposed to hit 90 today. And yes, I know that those of you in Houston or College Station probably think 90 and low humidity sounds dreamy, but if I'm going to be shoveling snow in April, then I expect October 1st to have autumnal temperatures!

I hope everyone else has a good fall weekend; we're planning to buy mums and maybe head to the mountains to check out the Aspens (they're peaking at higher elevations). Happy Autumn!