First serious snowfall

We enjoyed a gorgeous sparkly white layer of snow, on this 27°F morning in Littleton! This was officially our first "serious" snowfall of the season - and according to the News, dropped more snow than other "first" snowfalls of the season over the past several years. They said that the Denver airport got about four and a half inches overnight, which sets a record since 2011.

I snapped this picture last night, of the deck furniture coated with wet snow, before retiring to the bedroom. "Snow!", I whispered to myself...

 

 

 

The bedroom fireplace's pilot light needed to be relit, after months of suffering through wind gusts blowing down the chimney, last winter and spring. We enjoyed our first fire, on this 29° foggy snowy night...

 

 I found myself shoveling a layer of wet snow off the side walk at 2:30am, while the dog was heading out to use the neighbor's lawn (per agreement of my very accommodating neighbor). Then we awoke to this snow-encrusted view from the bedroom window. But this morning, the driveway was already clear, so, no shoveling required, before heading out to pick up our Friday breakfast. Bonus!

The last Fall colored leaves on my Crabapple tree were mostly obscured by the snow. 

My weather station wasn't doing much good with measuring wind speed and direction, all clumped over with snow.

 

 

Jennefer got the seed bowls refilled and out there, but there were no takers at first.

 

 

 

It wasn't long after Jennefer put out the bird feeder, that this Flicker made their appearance.

Nice frosty view of the mostly obscured foothills, in the distance beyond my snow-covered deck furniture. 

 

After the sun came out, we had a beautiful view of the foothills, as the low fog quickly burned off. Such a pretty morning…

 

Just a little flash of Fall color in the trees, with the clouds rapidly dissolving in the distance.

I love this sunny view of my snow-covered deck! It makes we want to go out there, and enjoy the day!

 

We finally got a few visitors to the seed bowls on the deck box, after the sun peeked out. 

 

We made a quick trip to Snooze Eatery to pick up our delicious Friday morning breakfast, and this solitary rose looked pretty special, sticking out of a big clump of snow. 

 

Peaceful sight of a House Finch on the tire swing bird feeder, with some wispy clouds enshrouding the foothills in the distance.