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Winter Storm 2026 Power Outages

1/25 at 9:00 am from PowerOutage.com.

Snow

I did not expect to wake up to this much snow this morning:

Magpie

For Christmas, we bought a carved wooden magpie from Tom Mizak.

My poor cell phone camera struggled to focus on this Christmas cactus. This cactus started from small pieces salvaged from a friend’s plant when we repotted it. My plant care routine of benign neglect works quite well for succulents and cacti.

It Could Happen

Boston Terrier Ornament

A friend gave me this ornament with the Boston Terrier. The Boston has a very similar expression to Bandit.

Christmas Raven

Tom Mizak carved this beautiful raven which is my Christmas present this year.

Miss Piggy Flies Again

Happy winter holiday of your choice from Miss Piggy and the rest of us at Five Acres with a View.

Spring Snow Storm

A few days ago, we had one of our occasional spring snowstorms, which dumps a lot of wet snow, while staying close to 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Colorado Springs and El Paso County shut down for two days so that public works could clear the roads.

I was house sitting in southwest Colorado Springs where we got a LOT of snow. This is probably more snow than I have seen on my Forrester in years.

The trees looked like this:

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