The Case of the Disappearing Lawn Deer (pic heavy)

[Writer]

As you've heard, we're getting a bit of snow here in Colorado. Let me demonstrate how much:

Here we have two innocent little lawn deer, one larger than the other. You can see them on the far left of the photograph. The little deer is about 18" high. The larger deer is about 28" up to its antlers. This photo was taken at Noon today.


4:30pm. Mr. Writer has returned home from work and we have shoveled the walk and driveway. Afterward, we turned on the Christmas lights and I decided to capture the "magical" Christmas spectacle of it all. ;) But take a keen look at the little deer. At this point you can only see its back.


This one was taken an hour later, facing the front of the house. You barely see the tail and back of the little deer jutting out of the snow.


10:00pm. We have just ascended from watching a movie and playing games in the game room. The little lawn deer has completely vanished! You can see a small halo of light where its tail is, but no more. The larger deer is barely holding its head above the rising snow.


Mr. Writer stepped out to measure the snow: 20" he said. I think it's a little more than that. And it is still snowing. I suspect the larger deer will have vanished by morning.

[gr8dane_daddy]

1. Damn glad I live in Austin, TX

we're expecting just flakes for Christmas.

You know us Texans can't drive in snow or ice...but is does look nice.

[Writer]

2. It IS lovely.

As we were shoveling this evening, a neighbor drove past on a snowmobile. This is a fairly suburban area on the foothills of the Rockies. It was a funny site.

Some good that shoveling did us. We should have purchased some snowshoes.

On edit: I meant this for Gr8dane_daddy. :hi:

[SPKrazy]

3. It Looks Like It Does Here

In Estes

still snowing

wind blowing

glad I'm inside. I hope there aren't any homeless outside tonight.

I know, a Haiku:

Pretty snow falls deep

Like inside snow globe now

Cold, beauty, outside

[Writer]

5. I'm rather surprised we got this much down at this elevation...

typically its the high country that experiences FEET of snow. We tend to get several inches at a time.

But it is beautiful. :)

[SPKrazy]

6. That Spiraling Low Pressure

makes the perfect snow

Upslope winds compress the cold air and wring out the moisture. Everybody plays

I bet the higher areas are even getting more snow!

:pals:

[Writer]

8. We're at 5,000 feet...

Estes is at 7500 or so.

I know a guy that lives at 9000 feet. I can't imagine his being able to leave his home any day soon.

[SPKrazy]

11. Ski!

That is pretty high

I guess he's probably used to getting a lot of snow though

:P

[Writer]

12. I'm sure he is.

I've snowshoed up in that area before... I think there's snow there from September all the way through May or June.

[SPKrazy]

Yeah, A Real Mountain Man I'd Say

that's a lot of damned winter!

not me thanks


:shrug:

[Writer]

17. Yes I'd put him in the "rugged" category.

He's certainly healthy as a horse. :P

[SPKrazy]

18. Well Healthy Is Good!

:rofl: :rofl:

horses

[diamidue]

4. Those are awesome photos!

Hope you have a weeks worth of food, some jigsaw puzzles and a garage full of firewood. I sure wouldn't want to have to go out in that weather. Pretty, but sure makes me glad I traded in CO for CA.

[Writer]

7. We have plenty of the above... and a good, working furnace :-)

Plenty of toilet paper, as well. The necessities, ya know? :D

But I would NEVER trade CO for CA! :P

[SeattleGirl]

9. Cool pictures, Writer!

I'm sure the deer can breathe under snow. Lawn deers have that ability, you know. ;-)

BTW, I really like the last picture.

[Writer]

14. Mr. Writer took that last picture with a tripod.

I should have provided them little straws so they could breathe more easily. ;)

My study window faces the front of the house. The big deer is quickly disappearing. Its tail is almost gone.

[SeattleGirl]

20. My gosh! Hope y'all stay WARM!

:scared:

I feel really bad for all those folks stranded at the airport.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Nooooooooooooooo!

Poor lawn deers. :cry:

[Writer]

15. I think I need to call the Audubon Society.

This is a TRAVESTY!

[hickman]

13. Damn, I envy you.

Michigan is just getting rain. It's been 60 degrees during the day and about 38 to 40 at night. Very disappointing. Another green Christmas dammit.

[Writer]

16. Michigan?

Wow. I have a few friends who are ex-Michiganers who flew to Mexico for Christmas, because they didn't want to return to "cold" Michigan. They are returning in a few days - boy will they be in for a surprise. :P

[hickman]

19. Extended forecast for the 24th is 41.

Can't get Christmas day because yahoo skips right to tuesday 36 degrees. Some of us love the cold and snow. I swear every year I'm getting closer to moving to northern Wisconsin, or Canada.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. My dear Writer!

What beautiful pictures!

I'm very happy to be living here in the sunny and beautiful state of California!

Pictures are as close as I want to get to snow, thank you very much!

But I am glad you're enjoying it!

Merry Christmas, sweetie! :loveya: :hug:

[Writer]

22. And a very Merry Christmas to you, CalPeg!

Maybe one day I'll depart for warmer temperatures, but for now, I'm loving the weather here in the mountains. :hi:

[fizzgig]

23. those are great pics

were you here for the storm in march 2003? i have pics somewhere of my sister standing on a snow drift taller than the hood of her car

[Writer]

24. Yes!

We were in the process of closing on our house. We were in an apartment complex at the time. We had just purchased a four-wheel drive vehicle and drove to get our friends so we could go to another friends house to cure our boredom with burgers and movies. Great stuff - hadn't seen that much snow since Maine.

[SPKrazy]

25. Healthy Rugged Manly

oh wrong thread!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Writer]

26. You YOU YOU

YOUUUUUUU! :mad: :spank: :banghead:

[SPKrazy]

29. Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I can't help your... never mind!

[some guy]

27. nice pictures.

I was out about noon, for a bit. Am glad I didn't have to really go anywhere; especially if I would have had to drive. The roads were already stranding cars.

:hi:

[Writer]

28. Where do you live?

[some guy]

31. Ararar

or Aurora.

[Nicole]

30. I'm jealous!

I wish we had some of that snow here.

[bigluckyfeet]

32. I am Sitting Here

With the AC and a fan on,will sleep with the fan blowing on me all night.

[Nicole]

33. WOW

It's not warm here.

I have the heater on, just no snow outside. If I'm going to be cold I would like to see some pretty snow.

[Guava Jelly]

34. better you than me

Yike's..And you are going to shovel that all by your lonesome?

[a kennedy]

35. Beautiful.......we're getting rain and freezing rain. *sigh*

I won't be putting out my flock, of 11, two were stolen, plastic penguins this year until we get some snow. I usually have them out now and will put red bows around their necks for Christmas, but, can't even put them out. :cry: There's something really sad about a brown Christmas in the midwest. :cry:

[Patiod]

36. "That's OK, my place is out here. With the snow people"

I love that USPS commercial with the lawn deer talking to the package.

Looks like you may be having a White Christmas.

[YankeyMCC]

37. Well that'll be fun digging out of

Well it'll be fun after all the digging is done anyway ;)

[LynneSin]

38. My mom would use Pearl Jam Graffitti to tell how high the water at the nearby creek was getting

Where you turn to my mother's house there is a small bridge going over a decent size creek that runs along side of the road. Someone painted the words "Pearl Jam" on one of the pillars (with Pearl above the word Jam).

My mother would call and tell me "The crick is almost up over top of the Jam"

btw, she never heard of Pearl Jam

[merh]

39. down here there is a new ritual at Christmas time

It is called "reindeer humping".

Like sneaking out at night to toilet paper someone's house, the teens sneak out to alter the positions of the reindeer's that are part of the Christmas decorations in folks' yards.

They don't steal them, they don't deface them, they just make them cozy, placing one on top of the other as if humping is going on.

Your deers would be subject to this occurrence, sans the snow of course.

[RubyDuby in GA]

40. Y'all may think I'm crazy but that is the coolest thing ever!

I think it would take a hundred years to equal here in Georgia to the amount of snow that you guys got in one day.

I'm a child of the 80's: That is bitchin'!!!!