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Spring in the mountains.

When we woke up this morning it was snowing and the ground had a skiff of snow on it. Over the course of the morning it melted. So yay! We could work outside this afternoon on filling a raised bed.

Then the sky got really dark and we could see the snowing coming towards off, down the mountains to the west. Pretty soon it was all around us.

So this is what it looks like outside right now.

Snowflakes on the brand new lilac leaves.
There are mountains to the east but you couldn’t prove it in this picture. And the ground and trees are all getting white again.

The wind is blowing too, so all in all it’s kind of unpleasant outside at the moment.

View off the back porch looking toward the creek, which is quite noisy. Spring melt (appearances notwithstanding), is proceeding.
Pretty light phase Red-tailed Hawk was hanging out in the the trees next to the house.

Yesterday evening, when it wasn’t white outside and we still were under the impression it was spring, Oro told us about a hawk landing in the trees to the east of the house. This looks like the same bird we saw most of last year, which did a lot of hunting in the grass in our front yard and across the road. There is a pair of these hawks which nest in the trees along the creek. We hear the Ravens complaining about them.

So today is a good day to stay inside and watch the weather being silly.

One Response to “Spring in the mountains.”

  1. Cassandra Ellsworth-Gross says:

    Mother nature is confused!! Is it still snowing?

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