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On our last trip to Utar we ran across this frozen -well thawing- lake on our way out to our friends' new home in Midway. Thor and I were both stunned by the clarity of the day, the bright sun and the deep blue in the sky. The air was crisp and the ice was beginning to crack. As we drove there were several places where the ice had cracked completely across the lake.

Does anyone know why the ice cracks only across the lake in one direction? (I want to say it was W/E, but frankly I'm not sure.) Did I miss the cracks going the other way?

I also saw huge birds just sitting out on the ice, amazingly large birds. At first I thought they were dogs or coyotes, but nope, just big ol' birds.

We drove out to Sundance to see what all the fuss is about. Yes it's pretty, however it begged the question: "Where does everyone stay when they have the festival?" Seriously, unless we missed something, driving there would be a nightmare if more than 10 cars were involved, and it looked like only a few cabins were on the property. Where's the theatre? All the buildings were relatively small. Maybe I am wrong, but if you know the answers I'd love to hear them.

Speaking of Midway, have you ever been out there? It's like a tiny Tyrolian Village, with many of the buildings painted with flowers, Swiss Flags, and lots of "gingerbread" on the roof lines and door ways. I understand they have a great interest in community festivals and pretty much every season has some huge event to gather the folks who live there. Large grass covered fields with horses roaming and running free, skiing that rivals the best of Utah, plenty of parks and shopping, art guilds, cowboy poetry, ice skating, and that lake just around the bend. Seems like a great place to live... if you can stand the cold.

Well, that's it for today. A rather random post, but there you go. Suitable for an April Fool I suppose.

Weather or not I like it...

So here it goes. Thor had to spend the night with his folks, he and his brother were both stuck behind a road closure. (read: any freeway that connects lower SoCAL to upper SoCAL is CLOSED!) But he got to spend some good visiting time with the parental units, so it's all good!

Here, the scenery is all white and sparkly, glittering and misty snow covered everything. The cars and trucks have begun to speed by on the highway across the street and I am waiting to hear some of them play bumper cars soon. Ahhh stupidity! But Dude! They look "cool" as they fly by kicking up snow dust! There is a slight breeze that keeps blowing the top flakes off the fence tips, which is like tiny faeries flying across the fields. Pretty. And for the first time ever we have icicles dripping of our roof, who knew it was possible?

My hair appointment was canceled this morning (her hubby also stuck behind a closure), so when you see me underneath the mistletoe this year, I'll be the one who looks like the abominable snowman.

Final snow count at S'mee's house? Just under 7 inches at 5:30 this morning.

Oh the weather outside it frightful!

O.k. Here's the thing: I'm not a snow bunny, never have been. I like my weather warm and near something sandy with crashing waves. So every third or so year when we get snow, I get, kind of ho hum about it.

That said, it does look very pretty. It started out about 9:00a.m. and then just kept coming. Large wet quarter sized flakes that didn't stick too much at first, but after an hour or so it got pretty thick.

The town just about five miles south of us got 18 inches by 4:00. By 5:00 we had 6 inches, although it just wouldn't show up in the photos. It has continued to snow since then, but frankly, I stopped checking the depth at that last 6 inches. Oy.




Oh, and on a side note... Thor made it through and down the freeway just before it closed. He had to stay at his parents house because once he went through they closed it for good. wah!