Episode 2: Winter Wonderland...briefly

by contributing writer, Steven:

After a crazy cold (36 F) and somewhat rainy night we woke up in Colorado. The storm had busted a snow cap on the mountains. So we did the obvious thing and ran outside in the cold with cameras a-blazing.

The hunt was then on for an unobstructed view of this overnight winterification. Oddly enough, despite being a block from a street named Grandview, so named as it's the highest point for few miles around, it can be hard to get a photogenic view what with all the trees and such. I've contemplated either making a giant periscope or putting a roof top balcony on the house but haven't done so...yet.

Though not the highest point around there is a middle school at the end of Howard with a playground allowing unobstructed views. We snuck into the yard through a gate with a 2 foot chain on it. (What's the point of locking a gate such that anything more than 2 feet wide can still get through? Are they just trying to keep out those unwilling to bend down?)

Here's where all our TV comes from.

Note how the snow layer is also the cloud layer. That probably makes sense meteorologically somehow.

Also a note about this picture. I noticed that D was taking pictures with me in the frame, so I ran out the way. She naturally snapped me in my sprinting grandeur for comedic effect. (Look for the orange sweatshirt. Sorry about the bad panorama stitching.)


Here's the obligatory self portrait.

Alas the snow hasn't lasted. By sunset it was mostly gone but it's also supposed to be wet and cold tonight so maybe there will be a re-winterification.

Note the palm trees and the snow juxtaposition.

In other storm related news on our street another tree fell over last night. (Over Xmas break the tree in front of the place in front of our place fell over. Pasadena muni workers were all over it and had it cleared out in a couple hours.) This one fell towards a house but miraculously didn't actually damage it. Note the downed power line which prevented D from coming home from work on Saturday night. The sidewalk was no match for the tree but the picket fence is surprisingly intact.