The Texture of Snow

I thought that plastic snow found in window displays in Macy's and the like was just a hoax. Well, perhaps to a CA resident is would seem like something from Hollywood, but this weekend proved that snow does exist that appears like plastic flakes.


No joke, with the naked eye one could examine individual snowflakes piled on top of each other; similar to a stack of jumbled papers. The flakes were perfectly flat and dry as a bone. When I saw my car Sunday morning, I thought of the Stay Puff Marshmallow Man from Ghost Busters because of the bubbly effect the piles of flakes created (slightly random how things evoke childhood memories you haven't thought about in years).

I realize the pictures will never give way to the experience of actually seeing this snow.

Boulder Play Day

We headed up to Boulder which took two hours (normally only a half hour jaunt). The snow was falling and we were ready to pull out the cross country skis...would have been great the next day, but we had to bag that thought because there wasn't quite enough snow coverage. Not giving up, we decided to hike about for a bit. It was magnificent (as you can see by the photos). Playing in the snowstorm was a blast only because we have the right gear. We stayed cozy!

Side note: we were here the week before with our mountain bikes- no snow then!

There's no way to make a snowball with this powder!

When you're hiking, you can appreciate the simple things such as the texture of snow. I'll have to post something on the amazing texture of CO snow- unbelievable!

How can we ever leave this beautiful place?!

We ate some grub with a bit 'o shelter from the evergreen. The bummer is that we had a miscommunication regarding the thermos of hot chocolate. It was left behind due to an apparent leak. We'll have to repeat the experience with the cocoa.

This weather garnered an Everest conversation. I don't know who those people brave such fierce weather!

Yes, again, the texture of winter in CO.

"Blue Steel"- enough said.

Ice as an insulator?
Back at the truck again. There were a couple inches of new pow on the windshield when we returned.

The eight inches of snow that fell in Denver has already begun to disappear. The sun here is intense which in convenient in not having to live "in the snow" all season long. Hopefully we'll get a dusting tonight. I think people here think I'm nuts because I'm so giddy about the snow! Seriously, it's SO much fun to live in it!!!!

(Spoken like a true sheltered CA girl!)

Our Favorite Creek With Some Snow

Well, here's a "winter" view of our creek. We took Buddy out for a trot Saturday morning while it was lightly snowing.
Buddy has a mind of his own!

Cool view of an awesome bamboo patch.

A happy family. 'Ol Buddy is getting old, with his grey beard and paws.

This same pond was nearly completely frozen over the next day!