WHITE OUT & CABIN FEVER

YIKES..... 30+ hours with continuous snow. Does not look like we will be getting out today, or tomorrow... and things do not look good for Christmas Eve either. LUCKILY gifts are bought for the kids, and the adults have decided to hang IOU's on the tree because it looks doubtful we will get out to get the remainder of shopping done. Here is a picture of my son, Brian, making a feeble attempt to dig out of our driveway. Even with a fairly large snow blower, it was slow going. He would like to get to his house sometime before Christmas.

OUR BACKYARD

aka

WINTER WONDERLAND

The city puts lights on all the trees in the medians in our neighborhood at Christmas. They are lit the weekend before Thanksgiving. Big celebration in conjuction with the annual lighting of the star on the "Castle Rock". The lights are kept on until after the Stock Show in January... which is a big event in the cowboy counry of Colorado. Blasted snow really did make the lights look quite beautiful.