Ah yes, spring. 80 degrees on Thursday. 35 Friday. 8-12 inches snow Friday night/Sat

[niyad]

morning. Snow melted off car roofs, trees and roads by afternoon. I chuckled as I heard people whining about the predicted snow on Thursday. ."But it's May!" "It's May in Colorado Springs" I replied.

So thankful for this desperately-needed (and nowhere near enough!) moisture. Now if we could get a repeat next weekend. .

[CrispyQ]

1. This was one of the latest snowfalls I remember.

Wet, heavy snow. My husband was up twice during the night shaking trees. They said we'd get almost a foot of snow but we didn't get anywhere near that. I'd happily take two feet of snow if that's the only way to get moisture.

[niyad]

2. I have seen snow in every month of the year here (though not all in the same

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year). Many years ago, a friend was coming for a visit in June. Two days before she was due, she called to check on the weather. I told her that it was snowing. She said, shocked, "but it's June!" "June in Colorado Springs", I replied. Had to drive her into Manitou and up the pass to show her the snow. Th Hill Climb was snowed out aa number of times. And when my friend Betty visited the August before she died, my godson was surprised to see all the snow in the foothills.

Hope you and hubby and trees are all okay. Is it snowing by you right now?

[CrispyQ]

3. We lost one big branch way up high that he couldn't reach,

but everything else came through okay. My lilacs were just starting to bud out, so I'll check them later today & see if they were affected. It's bright & sunny today, just like most of yesterday, & almost all the snow is melted.

[niyad]

4. I take it that you are not in the Springs? Snowing here.

[CrispyQ]

6. Boulder county.

Sunny now, but a big bank of clouds is rolling in. We're supposed to get rain later today. ~crosses fingers

[niyad]

7. Fingers crossed here as well.

[Bristlecone]

5. I'm in Franktown and it looks like it is about to rain/snow again

Up here. It can rain for the next month in my book.

[niyad]

8. Absolutely agree!

[LakeArenal]

9. From WI to Costa Rica.

No more of that *+#%!!

[niyad]

10. I do understand!

[Emile]

11. Yikes, my peach trees are loaded with little baby peaches,

blueberry bushes are loaded & my garden is all planted and coming up. Woke up this morning and the temp was in the mid forties. I have seen a late frost this time of the year. It was impossible to find garden plants after the late frost too.

[niyad]

12. I have seen frosts later than this. Many of our gardeners do not plant until after

Memorial Day.

[Emile]

13. Wow that's pretty late. You must be pretty far north.

Central Indiana here. It's rare for us to get a frost this late, but it has happened.

[niyad]

14. I am in Colorado Springs. Our weather is always interesting.

[First Speaker]

15. Robert A Heinlein lived in Colorado Springs in 1965...

...and he wrote then, about its weather, that they had just lived thru seven years of drought, and then seven inches of rain in three hours...and that one was about as devastating as the other. I'm glad I live here in CT, the land of steady habits--and steady weather...

[niyad]

16. I know. He was just a couple of miles from me. Iin those days,I was very shy,

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or I would have at least written to him, thanking him for so much reading pleasure.

[niyad]

19. We are also above 6,000 feet.

[mopinko]

17. my son is in the springs.

he's coming back to chi in the next month or so, and yeah, a goodbye blizzard.

[niyad]

18. Tell him "hi" for me. He is always welcome to a cup of tea or coffee.

[Laffy Kat]

20. Yep. The snow is but a memory now.

In two days I'll need a machete to walk to my mailbox.

[niyad]

21. I am so very grateful. A week ago Thursday we had four fires.

[Laffy Kat]

22. I know!

I totally get it. I live a hair's breadth away from the Marshall fire area.

[niyad]

24. Fortunately, even combined they were not as bad as the Marshall fire.

I know several people on the edge of that monster in NM.

[LeftInTX]

23. You're welcome to come to Texas!

We have shithole government and shithole weather. It's been 90 degrees for a month!! No end in sight!

[niyad]

25. Lived there twice. Once was not my fault. .military. second was a bad choice.

Would prefer not to do it again. A friend in Houston gets regular reminders from me about the weather here vs there.