Old Man Winter Comes 'a Knockin'

Here is the winter wonderland we woke up to this morning. Uhhgggggggg.
Yeah - 6 to 8 inches of snow. Gotta love Great Basin in the Spring. Old Man Winter just won't leave.........

This is the view as I drove Ava and Charlie to preschool this morning. All the poor trees in Baker were like pretzels. Last night I noticed the weight of the snow had split one of our poor young cottonwood trees right down the middle. Now I'm going to have to plant a new tree in its place. At about 9:30 last night I went around in the dark and cold to "shake" the snow off our poor little trees that were bowing down (the tops kissing the ground).

Somewhere underneathe that blanket of snow lies my sugar snap peas, radishes, beets, and carrots......
I wonder how much snow Wheeler Peak received?

All those plants and animals were in for a shock from this winter surprise..........

It's very pretty - but the timing sucks! lol

The snow even reached the valley floor............ Although when I got to Eskdale there wasn't quite the surprising accumulation. Just a fine dusting.

After spending most of the day at my mom's house - we got home and most of the snow had already melted. Ava wanted to play in (and eat) what was left........

But, look at those clouds behind Ava near Wheeler Peak.....................

Yeah, I'm looking out the window now - and it's snowing once again.

:(

Good Grief.
Hot Chocolate anyone?????