Contentment by design - Living - Places photo #1100

What a gift! After a couple weeks of unseasonably warm weather—often reaching into the high-70s and even mid-80s F, with some strong winds that left everything dangerously dry (wildfires can spread crazy fast when conditions are like that)—the temperature fell yesterday and all day long it either softly rained or lightly snowed. Because the ground was warm, the snow immediately melted in, and by nightfall, when the snow stopped, everything was nice and nourishingly soaked. This should lead to an exuberant burst of springtime growth.

Then we received an additional gift: overnight, it snowed much more than the ½″ expected. Because our gravel drive still retained heat, it totally melted in (woo-hoo! no need to shovel), but everything else is frosted in a beautiful coating of a couple inches of snow. Here's a view of the very first rays of morning sun lighting everything up, and a closeup of one of the Ponderosas. Such a glorious morning!