Snow in October?

Ok, I'll admit that I am not out gallivanting as my blog title suggests.  But the crazy events of the last two days seemed worth writing about. Snow in October.  Really?  Isn't this the predicted "Indian Summer" weekend, where temps generally rise into the low 70's?

Friday began as a glorious fall day, with bright blue skies setting a gorgeous background highlighting the fall foliage. Yes, there was a chill in the air, but  I was certainly skeptical about the predicting snowstorm and wondered just how bad it could possibly be?  It was OCTOBER for goodness sake!

Saturday morning brought rain which quickly turned to snow....heavy snow.....lots of it.  Twelve inches of it, to be exact.  Sure it looked beautiful. and we are quite fortunate that the sun was brilliant again today, beginning a thaw.  But not before many trees suffered permanent damage.

We found ourselves without power this afternoon, so Marty and I headed outdoors to begin the cleanup.  The center of my  burning bush in the front had snapped, so I decided to clear off the heavy snow, to save what was left, and while I was at it, do some quick pruning.  I noticed that the snow was very heavy, and sticky, which brought the perfect opportunity to build a small snowman.

One thing led to another, and the next thing you know, I had created my friendly Polamalu Snowman.
And the best part of my day was when I heard a child up the street say, "Daddy, look at what that girl made over there!"   Girl?  Well, perhaps I am kind of young at heart.