On the Camera

This was the scene last Tuesday when we awoke to 15-20" of sugary snow that had fallen Monday afternoon into Tuesday morning.  The snow continued to fall lightly throughout the day and we ended up with 20.5 inches here in Boulder.  It was the kind of storm that shut down everything, even here where snow is fairly common.  

Turbo wondered how he was supposed to get to the bathroom, all the way past the patio and out into the yard, when the snow was as deep as the steps leading out that way.  Eventually we shoveled him some paths, but the first day was a bit challenging.  

And getting out for a walk was an adventure.  We were happy to find that some dogs had already broken the deep snow in the nearby cemetery. 

Ben worked most of the morning to shovel out the driveway and clean off his car so we could get out.  And where better to go then to drive the half mile up the snowy streets to Chautauqua park?  We drove as far as we could up into the park and then slowly hiked up towards the Flatirons, which looked striking after the storm.   It was such a treat to be up there in the fresh snow and without very many people around.  

Turbo led the way back down, bouncing and jumping in the snow and occasionally turning back to  check up on us.   

On Wednesday my friend Lotus and I braved the snow to get down to Denver to see "Claude Monet; The Truth of Nature" exhibition.  It's a temporary exhibit for which you need advance tickets and we weren't giving up our chance to see it.  Luckily for me, Lotus is an excellent driver with lots of experience in the snow,  and got us downtown  and back without any trouble.  The show had many lovely works, including a painting of the bridge at his garden in Giverny.    

I loved this later work which also shows the bridge.  I didn't realize Monet did abstracts!

On Thanksgiving we went to Longmont and visited with Ben's brother and his wife and family, as well as their good friends who had flown in from Virginia for the holiday.  It was fun and Dawn's cooking was delicious.

 And on Friday John and Dawn were kind enough to include us when they took their friends to dinner at the Flagstaff House.  It's always a treat to be up there, looking down at the city lights as you eat, and especially special when you're with family and friends. 

And now suddenly it's December and we have a nice couple of sunny warm days ahead, perfect for getting all this snow melted.  As much as I love big snowstorms, the aftermath does get tiring and I'm looking forward to walking without dodging snow and ice!

Christmas preparations are beginning, with mysterious packages arriving at the house and plans to put up a tree this coming weekend.   We had a White Thanksgiving, but will we have a White Christmas?