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Mirabella

 Our joyful, adventurous, prancy, will-you-be-my-friend Mirabella has died.  She was diagnosed with an oral melanoma or sarcoma on October 2nd, and there was nothing to be done.  Nothing slowed down the growth.  She was just shy of 12 years old. For those of you who don't know Mirabella's background, she had a difficult first few months of her life.  Mirabella was the only one of her litter to survive parvo.  She also had raging giardia.  At three months, her breeder gave Mirabella to National Mill Dog Rescue - an amazing, truly amazing rescue organization based in Calhan, CO -  because the breeder thought Mirabella was going blind.   A trip to a Colorado Springs doggie ophthamologist confirmed this, that Mirabella would be blind by the time she was a year old.  We adopted her from NMDR when she was six months old, thinking we could figure out how to have a blind dog. Fast forward five months, we took her back to the doggie ophthmalogist and discovered she had dodged that bulle
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A boulder the size of a boulder

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 I got a travel alert this morning on my phone from Ouray County Sheriff, "US 550 Red Mountain Pass is closed between Silverton and Ouray due to a rockfall.  The boulder will require downsizing to remove it from the highway."  This reminded me of a story from a few years ago where a boulder fell I think on Lizard Head Pass, and some media outlet called it "a boulder the size of a boulder."  They got endless grief for that description. We had a surprise two and a half inch snowfall overnight, bringing us to 18 inches for the season.   The railing on our deck is how I measure and record snowfall at our house
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Bright sunny skies!

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 Even though I love snow, it's great when the sun comes out after a week or so of snow and gloom.  Mike and I took a short snowshoe walk up Veenstras' trail and started the trail, although I think Alex and/or Dustin had been up before us.  What a great addition they are to our neighborhood! Dempsey the snow dog Start of the snowshoe trail From Camp Bird Road, as the storm clears
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What a difference a week makes

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 Last week, I was fretting - as I do - about our lack of snow in October.  Now a week later, we have 15 inches of snow.  Yay us!  Here's how it played out: October 30 - 2.5; November 3, 4, 6 - 13 inches.  Nine of those latter inches fell Tuesday night into Wednesday. I am beyond thrllled to report that Marchelle and Aaron now have an operating septic system!!!  The landscaping will have to wait until spring. For those of you not here: Cattails on the lower pond Nifty freeze pattern on the upper pond.
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And more

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 We've had an additional four inches of snow in the past 24 hours, with a potential winter storm setting up for more snow tomorrow night.  It's a winter wonderland.  Mike and I went up the trail yesterday and found bear tracks!  They are a few weeks from hibernating. I got an update on the Kraffts' St. Pete Beach home.  All the walls have to be replaced four feet up from the floor.  Sandy is handling all the scheduling, and Larry is doing mold mitigation and doing all the errands.  Electrical is good.  The floor tile is in but not the baseboards.  FEMA has been exceptional. Mike talked to Craig Hinkson last week, and our new fire hydrant and potential culvert are on the schedule for next May.  Mike will be sure to follow up next spring, but we're excited that Larry and Sandy finally get that protection. And the calm before the storm:
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Getting my hopes up

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from The Weather Channel
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And the total is...

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... (drum roll) two and a half inches!  Dodged that no-October-snow bullet.  There's another storm setting up Saturday night through Wednesday, hoping for more snow.  In the meantime, Mike and I were out yesterday morning and found all these animal tracks - so exciting. Mouse or chipmunk? Turkeys! Foxes!
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