First Winter Storm Warning

Yes, we've had snow already, but this is a real storm. Schools closed, people stayed home from work, Travis' cousin in North Dakota sent me a message to make sure I had plenty of supplies (and I'm glad she did because I went out and bought flashlights in case the power went out). Travis has been keeping an eye on the Denver news websites and probably has a better idea of what's going on that I do. He specifically requested photos and it wasn't until after dinner tonight that I had a chance to take any.

I can't open the back screen door because there is a drift that's nearly up to the glass of the screen door. That sort of perspective is always hard to show in snow pictures, but you'll just have to trust me. It's about 22" (55cm) from the floor to the bottom of the window which is where the drift is now.
This is from the kitchen window. Last night I attached a ruler to the birdfeeder, that slightly wider black bit at the bottom, and the snow's about 10" (25cm) deep right now. It's in a fairly sheltered spot, no drifting, so it's pretty accurate.

Out the front door. We haven't left the house all day and I didn't see any reason to shovel since it's still snowing. Our neighbor Jim across the street shoveled his driveway, can you tell?

This morning at 8am there were NO tracks at all on our street. By lunchtime there were a couple. By mid-afternoon there were more (I think mail came) AND my other across the street neighbor went somewhere. And must have slid as the tracks come all the way onto the sidewalk in our yard. Look closely and you can see. Check out all the snow on our evergreen bushes, too. I just had them trimmed so they're flat on top, so it's really easy to see exactly how much snow there is.

Ah, but don't worry about us. We turned up the heat a little bit today and are staying nice and cosy.