It warmed up this week and temperatures rose from 9 degrees into the high 40′s. The ice on the pond has thinned.
Maybe I shouldn’t be out here taking pictures.
***CRACK***
It is safer near the shore, but the good shots are out on the ice.
I opened the doors and ate lunch outside on the deck.
We Coloradans can enjoy a few more warm days until the next cold snap. Then maybe we’ll get some of my favorite white stuff.
SNOW!
Prepare to Be Typealyzed was my 200th post! Be sure to stop by and try it out if you haven’t already.
Are you still enjoying winter or are you looking forward to spring?
Great shot of the ice Susie thanks for sharing great photos…
Winter has much beauty ( like these pictures of yours
), but I love spring the best of all the seasons! Lovely post – and I love your sense of humor too!
Blessings ~ Wendy
Thanks Wendy! I am so glad that you stopped by! Spring is a wonderful time of year and I love “the fever.”
I am still waiting for Winter to begin down in Boulder. We are up in the mountains now and it is snowing, but we could use a foot or two!
Great mix of fine photos and just enough commentary – thanks and glad I found this blog … hope to get back soon
Such awesome pictures! Great post!
Thanks so much and for following!
Gorgeous pictures ( Boulder is always great – don’t dare say otherwise!)
It sure is an amazing place! You are right!
Thanks so much!
Those pictures are amazing! LOVE. I gotta say, it makes me cold looking at them though. I like jacket weather, but I don’t want to still be shivering when I’m wearing ‘said’ jacket. A little more warmth is more than welcome.
Not a winter girl and you are a lover of Thor??? Hahaha! I grew up in the hinterlands of Wisconsin, so I can never complain about the cold!
Thanks Debra!
Those are some awesome pictures! I’m glad to see ice and snow from the distance of my computer… (I prefer warmth, but appreciate the beauty of winter).
Thanks so much Kitt!
I know what you mean and yet I went skiing today and had a blast! I try to make the most of all the seasons…
Sounds great! You can enjoy it for both of us…
Gorgeous photos Susie!
Thanks so much Barry! I heard that you got a little dusting over there in Londontown too!
Yeah… just a little, but enough to cause mayhem. Still we had snow fights, some sledging, and made a snow alien. Can’t complain
Sledging and alien snow men? Boy,, you really do things differently across the pond!
Haha… we certainly do
What brings your warm temperatures? Ours come from a chinook, like the one we are having now. Gorgeous icy shots, Susie.. but be careful:) xx
I have no idea. Probably from the warm sea waters somewhere tropical!
Thanks Barb I will and am going to hit the slopes soon!
Those cracks look like starflares or sunbursts. Awesome!
Clearly no longer suited for skating. But would you believe me if I told you that here in Oman, we are experiencing snowfalls in the hills?
Shakti
Your pictures are amazingly beautiful. I love the last two pics. That sun is amazing. I feel kind of bad that it was a 70-degree-winter day out here in So. Cal. I’ll send you warm thoughts
I’m not really a snow bunny, but I tolerate winter as best as I can. I do enjoy the snow days when my kids get to stay home. That’s always a nice treat — but then we regret it come June and we have to make those snow days up!!
We always got few days off before they tacked them on. I really love the change of seasons. Last year, it was moderate, but we never got any really warm days. I think it was 60 today! I’ve been eating outside all week! Soon the snow will fly once again…
photos are awesome – is that your estate? just finished watching Secrets of the Manor House from PBS (related to Downton Abbey some how) It’s warm here in Illinois but it’s gonna get colder, but no snow
have a great day!
That’s the next door neighbors Asian gazebo. I am surprised! There is still quite a bit of winter ahead! I need to tune into that show! Thanks Clay! Bundle up!
Love those pictures, Susie. Were you actuslly on the ice taking those?
Thanks! Yep I was! I listened for cracking, but it was pretty quiet.
Must be weird living in a place where one can walk upon water …
Ah! Yes! I feel all powerful-like! Hahaha!
Nice shots, Susie! We were up at Winter Part today – It wasn’t too bad – but I’m thinking I’m gonna need some PTex the next time I get my skis tuned…
Winter Park – Park not Part. I’m tired, I think. We skied really hard all day~
You need some rock skis! I don’t have any either and will be skiing Vail on Sunday. We’ll have to take a few runs together sometime. Do you ski Summit County or Vail?
I know! I suppose I could use my old K2s but my new Volkls handle so much better in the crud! We get a season pass and this year we went for Winter Park/Copper with six days at Steamboat. I think Winter Park and especially Mary Jane has some of the best snow around this year so far. Yes! We’ll have to meet for some runs! That would be fun!
Definitely!
Nice pics! But that really doesn’t look like much of a thaw…
As for me, bring on the spring!!!
Thank you!
It was 50 degrees today! I am not going out on the pond until it gets cold again. The days are getting longer!
4 degrees here.. hate hate hate it. But i love your pictures
Oh my! That is terribly cold, finger-numbing cold. So cold my eyelashes would stick together. Stay warm!
Thank you!
Now that you have your Polar Bear certification, you can eat lunch anywhere you want. Cool. Very, very cool……
True! I am getting acclimated, but on our deck, I bet it was in the 60′s! The sun is intense when you are a mile high…
It never thaws out up here. I’m so jealous…
You live in the hinterlands Austin!
I will send some Colorado sunshine your way! Maybe you can stretch out on the floor in front of one of your windows and catch some rays…
The cat does that all day. No room for me…
Great pics, but that looks really cold out! Glad here in NYC it hasn’t been that bad yet! Stay warm!
Phil
http://www.blog.theregularguynyc.com
I just picked up my daughter from the airport. She was there to see The Saturdays (she won the trip) and she thought it was freezing this morning when the wind picked up!
I am glad that you include your link since it’s not a WP blog!
Thank you!
Actually, it is a wordpress theme and I do use wordpress, but Go Daddy is my host. I just started doing that with my replies, and I also filled out my gravitar photo profile. Still learning!
Oh good! I can see that!
These are some amazing images, thank you for sharing!
Thanks so much and for stopping by to check out my blog!
Beautiful photos! You’re a brave lady for going out there too.
Stay safe and warm!
Thanks Audrey! I won’t be going out there until it gets colder again.
What you haven’t had enough ice cold dunking for one year? Stay off that ice woman!
Pretty pictures, but it looks cold. I wish we had some of the white stuff. It’s been really cold here in Northern California, but still no snow at my house. Tahoe’s having a good ski season though. Yay!!!
Patricia Rickrode
w/a Jansen Schmidt
We may have to fly to Tahoe! It is still lean in the mountains. Here in the front range, we are having another springlike day! It’s a great day for a hike!
Don’t worry, I won’t go back out there until the cold snap and then I will bring my skates.
Thanks Patricia and have a great weekend!
Snow came, temps made it go away along with the ice on the pond in Stanley Park. No worry. Next week in the 20′s w/ wind chill. Yippeee. Also check NYLON DAZE blog. Your photos and Patti’s give me a wonderful perspective on NYC and Col. Two places I’d love to commute between.
Cool! Me too! I will check it out Tom! My daughter is flying out from NYC tonight. Watch for a photo blog of her adventure…
Right now it’s 29 in the Big Apple. Please ask Courtney to pack some of our winter chill to take home to you. Love the pix and VERY glad that you didn’t crash through the thin ice, Wild Rider.
I am ready for some more snow, so I will pass that along to her. Courtney just called while I was writing this comment and she is boarding. They had a fab time and are exhausted, but happy travelers!
Thanks!
It’s warmed up here in Wichita for a few days too and we’re enjoying as many dog walks as we can get in!
Congrats on your 200th post!
Thanks so much! We have to enjoy the warm weather while we can! I have been eating my lunch outside and soaking in some of that rare vitamin D!
I have to say I really do enjoy a good fluffy snowfall. We just had a storm and the kids and I all went outside to play.It was so quiet and beautiful. But I am counting down the days until spring, which here should come around May.
Me too! Bring it on Mother Winter! Is winter a mother or a father? I think I am mixing him up with Father Time…
We are going to the mountains tomorrow to get our fix of snow.
I hope spring comes to Maine before then!
Gorgeous. Thanks!
Yeah, we Californians are grateful for some warmer weather but we could use a refresh of the white stuff.
Cheers,
Nia
Same here! We live in the front range which is usually mild, but we need the moisture… **sound of dry skin rustling while typing**
Thanks Nia!
Great Captures – I am so ready for spring – tired of the ice, freezing fog and really cold temps! Happy Friday:)
Great photos!
We’ve been having the weirdest weather here. Single digits for a week. In the 50′s for a week. Single digits. 50′s. It’s really jarring.
It is hard to get acclimated to low temps if they keep bouncing around.
Thanks so much!
Wonderful images! I had enough memories of below zero winters on the prairies and in the mountains to last a lifetime. Now I’m making winter memories on the coast.
Thanks so much1
Sounds very nice! I remember one of the first posts I read was of a snowstorm. You used gorgeous description as I recall..
Very cool, creative shots, Susie!
Thanks Hook. I lucked out!
Luck has nothing to do with it!
Mid 60′s today in Miami.
Nice and you get the humidity! It is soooo dry here!
Beautiful pics.
Thank you! It is another beautiful day here…
Reblogged this on All Things Geography and commented:
It warmed up into the 30s here in Brookings, SD this week. But, we’ll be seeing sub-zero temperatures for highs by Monday. Ouch.
OUCH is right! Whoa! Sounds like Linda who is in Ontario!
Thanks so much for the reblog! It is MOST appreciated. Stay warm and have a fab weekend!
No problem! Have a good weekend yourself
I love the cold air but we are free of snow for the time being. We had a few warm days and everything tried to bud out and then an instant freeze. However, nothing like what you have in your neck of the woods.
That can be hard on your poor trees and bushes. It will be another beautiful day to get outside and take more photos!
Out on cracking ice? Bad Susie! Bad! I still like the pictures though
Thank you! I figured it would send a warning “shout” if it began to crack. I noticed the coyote that was out here the other day ran around the pond…Maybe it is smarter than I am.
Great shots of the ice and sunset. Or was it (shuddering…) sunrise!
Sunset! I just barely got outside in time for those shots…
Thanks so much!
Love the photos. Here in Ontario we had 3 days of thaw and now back to -29 celcius which is about -20F. We are in for the whole week of it next week. May I go back to Northern California please??:)
HUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Oh noooo! I like winter, but that is waaaaay tooo cold! Stay warm girl and keep California dreaming!
Your photos are breathtaking! I actually forgot it was ice for a minute.
Thanks so much! I have been working hard on my rewrite and needed a blog post. I thought there would be some interesting patterns in the ice after our thaw and I lucked out.
Love the photos! We’re having it too, just a couple of inches but the wind makes it feel like minus10!
It is so warm here, but I know it won’t last…. Stay warm CC! Send some of that snow to Boulder!