Weather in Ft. Lauderdale was warm and sunny!

Also hot and humid.  Don’t hate me, but I am one of the seriously lucky few whose hair looks great when it is humid.  So my hair loved the respite from the dry air in Colorado as much as did the rest of me.  But while I was there, a friend texted to say that 2 feet of snow had probably fallen at my house!

What with thunderstorm delays in Ft. Lauderdale – and other complications, but that’s another story – I arrived in Denver an hour or so later than scheduled.  Roads in Denver were clear and dry with no evidence of snow.  Roads in Golden (about half way home and an emergency bed if needed) were also clear and dry with no evidence of snow.  By that time, I had also gotten a second wind, so I decided to continue all the way home instead of stopping.

Roads continued to be clear and dry all the way home, but as I climbed in elevation there started to be some evidence of snow – at first, mostly plow leavings by the side of the road, but eventually, the hillsides were completely covered with snow.  Luckily, I have a great plow guy.  My driveway was also clear and dry, but…

Driveway with Snow Piled to the Sides.

 

I Won’t be Using my Spare Garage Any Time Soon!

…Or my Front Steps.

And Garden Clean-up Isn’t Happening Soon, Either!

But the Snow Was Already Melting as You Can See from the Wet Spots in the Drive.

The first morning home, the snow was up over the bench.  But with several days of warm sunny weather, we were starting to see bare spots in the yard.  Then this! 

 

Snow.  Again.

That didn’t last as we had about a week of warm weather.  Not too sunny, so things didn’t melt as quickly as one might like.  But the weather forecast yesterday was for temperatures to remain above freezing both night and day for the next 10 days!  The sounds of snow melt running down the rain spouts was very encouraging as I went to sleep last night.  Yay!

Except that I woke to this:

Yikes!

Nothing seems to be falling as I write this mid-morning.  But the sky is totally overcast and they are calling for 5 to 8 inches of snow today, with another accumulation of less than an inch tomorrow.  I wonder what the weather is like in New Zealand?!?