I know I looked at a calendar toady. I know it said it was May 1st. I also know that when I look out the window I see that it is snowing.

I leave my ice scraper/snow brush in the car.  Normally if the forecast calls for snow I’ll bring the scraper in the office with me.  When I do so, nothing accumulates.  Today the forecast called for snow late (maybe since my office is next to the foothills “late” really means 2:00pm?) so I left the scraper in the car.  Of course, by doing so Murphy’s Law prevailed and now there is this white stuff (snow, ice, who knows what else) on my car that I am going to have to remove before I can go home.  Oh well, at least I had the foresight to bring gloves with me to work today.

The high today is supposed to be 55*? Hmm, that’s interesting since it’s been raining or rain/snowing or snowing off and on all day. The snow is not sticking, but it’s definitely not 55* outside either.  One’s gotta love the fact that weathermen are never right.  🙂

In other news – the tree in our front yard is not dead! Yea for restorative hibernation!

Christmas 2007 – 3″ of snow
Valentine’s Day 2008 – 2″ of snow
Saint Patrick’s Day 2008…

Five years ago today I am told there was a blizzard along the Colorado Front Range. Of course, I cannot verify this fact as I lived in Sunny California at the time and was busy attending UCSB. Interestingly enough, March 17th, 2003 was also a Monday, but I digress. This blizzard dumped some 3-feet (or nearly…again, cannot verify) on the Denver Metro Area.

Now, back to present day March 17th, 2008 we have had a Winter Storm Warning and a Heavy Snow Warning, both of which have been cancelled early with all the hype of our 6-10″ falling off the trees like the melting snow. I think we have received about 3″ so far. Props to Fox News for calling the 2-3″ accurately while everyone else kept upping the ante. Due to all the hype I decided that I did not want to drive in 6″+ of snow or on ice, so I dragged myself out of bed at dark:thirty to ride into town with Noah. Oh well, at least I got some quality reading in during the hour I sat in my cube prior to my workday commencing.

And for all those who were enjoying the spring like weather…HA!

1. The geese are gone.
2. My crocuses are blooming.
3. There were birds chirping outside my window yesterday morning.
4. My neighbor across the street mowed his lawn today…ours is turning green
5. We haven’t had snow since the 5th of the month.

One reason why I know Spring is NOT right around the corner:

1. There is currently a Winter Storm Warning in effect for our area to receive 4+ inches of snow tonight through tomorrow. So much for my crocuses.

1. Last Saturday it was 73*
2. There was a hot air balloon up this morning

That’s it.

This weekend we experienced weather extremes. Saturday was a taste of Spring early with sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s! I spent some time in the sun completing some yard work out front (that I never finished in the fall) while Noah stayed inside installing our new kitchen sink faucet. It was time to replace the old faucet (which came with the house) with something they only gave water out of the spout instead of the handle. Noah had grown tired of repeated fixes and it’s nice to continue to our slow kitchen remodel.

Now, back to the weather report…so, yesterday I saw a high of 73* with lots of sunshine. Today, it snowed and the high was in the low 30s. The forecast called for 3″-6″, but we only received 2″. However, historically March is the snowiest month in Colorado and today is only the 2nd!