Volume 12 , Issue 5

Duchess' Snowy Domain

Good Morning, Sunny Monday -- First day of February! The Sun has been shining since dawn here in Southwest Colorado, North of Bayfield. The temperature at 9:20a.m. read 21.1F. By Noon the temperature had reached 28.5F. By 2:33 p.m. it was up to 33.4F.

Over this last week we got an additional 7-inches of fresh, wet snow this week, but it compacted down fast with the temps being in the mid 30s. With the compaction of snow on our snow gauge, we now are measuring a compacted snow-base of 34 inches North of Bayfield, Colorado.

We have been staying warm inside and keeping our outside wildlife fed, such as: Sterling Jays, Albert squirrels and Bunny Rabbits that venture into our backyard

We heard about the icy, snow storm that past through New Mexico, Texas panhandle, Oklahoma and Arkansas, which closed some of the interstates and southwest Oklahoma had some power outages.

We have heard from a southern Oklahoma reader on the sunny side of the Arbuckle mountains, "I guess you are still pretty much snowed in? Ours is almost gone, what little we got here. Only 50 miles north of here, it was LOTS of snow and ice. But we escaped it on the sunny side of the Arbuckle Mts."

Tomorrow will the REAL Punxsutawney Phil come out? OR ? Will his robot groundhog take over? I can not remember where I read that bit of information, but I hope they do not retire the REAL Punxsutawney Phil and start using his robot!

As the story goes for Groundhog Day, February 2nd, was known as Candlemas Day, the day on which, according to the Germans, the Groundhog peeps out of his winter quarters and if he sees his shadow he pops back for another six weeks nap, but if the day be cloudy he remains out, as the weather is to be moderate.

Happy Candlesmas Day! Will we have six more weeks of Winter?
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