Five Acres with a View

Twitter Updates for 2012-02-10

Time crawls when you're waiting for the vet to arrive. #

Twitter Updates for 2012-02-09

Why does a 50# block of salt seem so much heavier than a 50# sack of horse feed? #
I forgot to close the south gate and let Lily mare go into that field. Fortunately she didn't notice or she would have been on the road. #

Painted Elk

I took my camera to COSine, the science fiction convention the last weekend in February, even though I didn’t expect to use it since I knew I was going to be busy to use it. As I predicted, the camera spent most of the con in the hotel room. I did take photos of this painted elk on the last day outside the lobby of the Crown Plaza. The painting on the side is one of the more famous views of Garden of the Gods and Pikes Peak as seen from the east.

Twitter Updates for 2012-02-07

Yesterday, when I bought penny stamps at the post office, the clerk made me promise I wouldn't use them with Forever Stamps. #

Twitter Updates for 2012-02-05

The sun! The sun! #

Twitter Updates for 2012-02-04

After feeding, I'm guessing 6 inches of powder snow. Still snowing. Horses are total lunatics. #
Looking at the accidents as reported by @CSTMC, I am very glad that the appointment this afternoon was rescheduled to Monday. #
Still snowing. I had hoped it would quit by time to do the evening feed for the horses. #
How can the weather be a "light drizzle" when it is only 19F? #
Still very gray out, but visibility is now several miles. #

After the Storm

I think we received around nine inches overall, but it is hard to tell with the drifting. Since we usually get hammered when there is a big storm in this region, it was nice to be spared for a change.

Twitter Updates for 2012-02-03

Since all the horses were acting like jerks this morning, I assume they know we have a blizzard forecast. #
Dreaded words in Southern Colorado: Albuquerque Low. #
So far (6PM) this blizzard is a bust here. #
Big storm still a bust here: some snow, some drifting, snow plow on top of hill behind house. #

Snowstorm Pounds Rockies – weather.com

The Weather Channel has some photos of our current snow storm: In Pictures: Snowstorm Pounds Rockies – weather.com. I am happy to be inside, with tortilla soup in the crockpot, looking out. So far, we have about seven inches, and the storm is supposed to last a few more hours. This photo was taken about 20 miles to the east of us by Mark Reis.

Twitter Updates for 2012-01-28

Snow showers! #