It snowed yesterday morning!
And it kept snowing!
And as the sun set, the snow was still coming down!
There were some breaks during the day – and depending on location – but the day ended as it started – with snow falling lightly, gently.
What made it surprising – at least to me, who looks fairly obsessively at forecasts this time of year, hoping to see snow icons that warrant further, detailed investigation – is that this wasn’t really in the forecast. There were some minor mentions of “a flurry or two,” but chances were low, which *didn’t* warrant those further, more detailed looks.
Another surprise is that here in Colorado, snow waves usually give way to our typical bluebird, clear-sky, bright-snow days. Today, the snow just sort of kept on coming!
The mustangs were tucked into sheltered places again, apparently, because I saw a couple of lone bachelors and only two bands. Fortunately, one of those bands was Sundance’s, and he’s always up for a bit of modeling work. 🙂 That said, it’s hard to tell the story of falling snow with a grey mustang! If you click on the pic to enlarge it, you might be able to zoom in and see the tiny little snowflakes that show a bit better against the far northeast east-pocket ridge.
What a beautiful day in the neighborhood. 🙂
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
Amazing how the weather just shows up without warning. Good you found Sundance for the picture!
Such surprises are the very best kinds of surprises! And Sundance is an excellent find any time!
We got about 6 inches of snow yesterday = stopped overnight & startted in again about 7:30 – birds really grateful for breakfast & so were the deer. No school open so roads arent plowed – my son will be here to plow my driveway soon but I’m not going anywhere!! I think we are supposed to get about 18 inches in all & looks like we will.
Wow – lots of snow! Good for you to treat the birds and deer to breakfast. 🙂 Stay safe and warm!
Mr. Rogers would be pleased! So happy for you, and all the critters in the basin, but especially those gorgeous mustangs.
With these frigid temps (1 degree this morning at daybreak!), it’s a slow seep-in of moisture. We’ll be extra thankful for it next summer. 🙂
Sundance is looking good in that winter wonderland-like terrain of Spring Creek Basin! So glad you guys got this snow, TJ. Ours was intermittent and miniscule by comparison…but we’ll take it! And yes, it was stealth snow -nothing in the forcast.
We got at least another 2 inches … maybe up to 4 – just in lower Disappointment Valley. I imagine up-valley got several inches! Very nicely, freshly, glisteningly (!) white out there!
So very glad for the snow! Hope it keeps up!
Thanks, Karen! Hope it lasts for a white Christmas! 🙂
Aww, such wonderful snow ⛄️ news !!
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Hope ya’ll got some snow, too!
We did and it was -11 at 6 am!
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Zowie. Only 0 here at 6 a.m.! 😉