Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Wet, Sloppy Snow


Our state is notorious for its indecisive weather, and in true Colorado fashion, the weather decided to dump a buttload of snow, even though Spring is just around the corner. This is what we woke up to this morning... Thick, wet, sloppy snow that coated everything. No light, dainty, delicate snowflakes for us; this snow clung aggressively to everything it could get its icy little fingers on, which I'm sure will wreck havoc on the poor trees, which were buckling under the weight of the heavy snow.
This is what our street looked like.

As you can see, this snow was clingy. As I mentioned earlier, snow that's this heavy is disasterous for the poor trees (not to mention power lines) that have to try to carry its weight. Many don't succeed, and end up snapping. Fun fact for you: did you know that the shape of pine trees is actually designed to shed snow, to prevent this from happening?

Even though it was still early, the snow was already starting to melt and fall off the trees in big clumps. While we were out there taking pics, we had to constantly be aware of the heavily-laden branches we were walking under, otherwise the snow would get the best of us.

I may or may not have requested that Jo give this tree trunk a little kick, just to see what would happen. Consider it an experiment in physics: what happens when a force is applied to a solid object that carries reverberations through to a supply of unstable matter that is full of potential energy?
It really was a winter wonderland...

even if it was a lot of hassle.


Whatever.  Jo and I love the snow, so we enjoyed ourselves immensely.



Up next are some random pictures of the snow as it covers the world.







The craziest thing about this day is the complete 180 degree change of heart it had.  It threw its heart and soul into being snowy in the morning, but then it decided it wanted to warm up.  So it did. 

Check out the nutty before and afters.










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