This weather is not unique to Wyoming though. Had we moved from some place other than Utah, maybe this would have come as more of a shock. However, the constant battle between spring and winter is nothing we aren't used to. Spring is something you get a glimpse of between snow storms and then suddenly it's sweltering hot. And though it is really disappointing to go from park weather to "I wouldn't go out there if you paid me" weather, it's not surprising.
What has been surprising to me, however, is not so much the 180 degree flop in weather from one day to the other, but the fact that this flop seems to change when you least expect it. I think the weathermen here have got to have one of the worst jobs. There have been many night we have gone to bed looking at the weather for the next day on our phones only to find that the next morning when we check again, it is TOTALLY different. More than once we have been told to expect massive amounts of snow, only to wake and find the day predicting sun and a few clouds. Then there are other days that the weather forecasts sunshine and freedom only to look outside and find an inch of snow. Seriously, there are few things I hate more than walking to the door with Dodger for our morning stroll, pulling the door open, and finding snow, and not just a few flakes, but SNOW piled everywhere. My inward reaction will always be that of Tootles from "Hook." I just want to scream, "It's snowing!" and slam the door. Dodger feels the same way. He is always eager to go out, until he sees the snow and suddenly I find myself dragging him outside.
Sigh...
Thankfully, in the bits of spring we have had, Ryan has made good use of the time.
He and Pierscen constructed this grow box one day after work. Pierscen wanted to work right by Ryan's side, so he handed him each screw when Ryan needed it. Pretty cute.
Although I did not help in the construction of this project - I did the REAL hard labor! Just kidding... kind of. Okay, not really.
Ryan sent me to Home Depot to pick up the lumber, soil, and manure. That might not sound like much, but I would like to see you push around 200 lbs of stuff in a cart WITH a baby! Thankfully there was a nice man that helped me with the lumber and helped me load everything into the car. But I did this two days in a row! The second day was at Menards. On a third trip, this time with Ryan, Ryan was pushing the cart full of another 200 lbs worth of soil preppers and such. I was holding Pierscen. Then these amazing words fell from Ryan's mouth... "How did you do this with Pierscen?!"
I am amazing! That's how I did it! That was NOT easy! So yeah, a little recognition goes a LONG way. ;)
We now have peas, radishes, carrots, and beats planted. Most of it has already sprouted too! Wonderful what a little bit of sunshine can do. Of course, this was after it was snowed on a time or too. Unforunately, it is supposed to snow again tomorrow. Maybe. (You never know.) So we will be covering them tonight.
Ryan also started working on the fence during one of our brief spring breaks. The fence between us and our neighbor to the west isn't horrible... but it depends on the section. As you can see in some of the pictures below, these first few sections are in rough shape. Further down and closer to the front of the house there aren't as many holes, but due to the trees planted way off center, the fence is being pushed over.
He looks quite serious and professional, and handsome wouldn't you say? :)
Below is a good close up of some of the "issue" spots with our chicken wire fix... for now.
Looks pretty amazing, don't you think? And it wasn't until after he finished that I found out he had never done a fence before. Wow. Sure glad I married such a great handyman. :)
Ryan went back to Home Depot and purchased lots more of the cedar slats (they were on sale) but the following day it was really windy and cold, and the next day... well... it's Wyoming.
This was going to bed:
And this was what we saw when we woke up. And it just... kept... coming!
I tried to open the screen door and that's as far as it would open. Never mind then.
This shot is out the kitchen window at the neighbors yard. Shows it pretty good though.
I made an attempt to measure the snow out front. This was part way through the day, but it just kept falling. The final numbers from the weather people put it between 12-16 inches.
A few days later the sun came out and melted it away. We had a gorgeous spring rain with an amazing rainbow. I have several other beautiful pictures, but alas... blogger is being retarded and won't upload anything without requiring 10 hours. Boo.
And following the rain came another huge snow storm where we got about 10 more inches of snow. I am really looking forward to the snow stopping. Hopefully someday soon. But thankfully, like always, we have plenty of things to work on and keep us busy inside. :)
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