Today, Horacio and Olivia were one building apart tucked up under the eave, facing each other and chatting their Whoo hoowhooo hoo language. They reminded me of an old married couple settled in their easy chairs. When they hoot, they fluff up their feathers and appear to take a really deep breath and shout out a series of hoo, whoo whoo hoots. Here's a pretend translation of their conversation.
Horacio: "What's for dinner?"
Olivia: "I hunted last night. It's your turn."
Horacio:" Do you feel like lizard or mouse?"
Olivia: "Either one. Did you hear there is supposed to be snow tomorrow?"
Horacio: "I think it might."
Olivia: "But this is Arizona."
Horacio: "I feel a crimp in my left tail feather. You know that always happens when the weather is about to take a really strange turn."
Olivia: Oh, you and your tail feathers. If it asnows, let's go up to Dove Mountain and watch those Accenture Pro Golfers. They always look so funny in knit hats and warm weather clothes. I love it when we can watch those humans try to cope with the cold. They have no feathers, you know. "
The next day, it snowed around 11am and it melted within 2 hours. Since that happened last year, we didn't think too much about it. However, at 5pm, it started snowing again and 2 inches fell outlining the cactus, the palms and all the desert plants and trees. The strange part is, the snow did not melt until the next day. In Arizona, buildings do not have gutters. Walking outside of the condo was like walking through a water fall as the two inches of snow gradually melted. Walking under the trees was like walking through rain - constant drip, drip.
And Horacio and Olivia, I think they flew to Mexico for a few days.
Would you believe it has been snowing now for 2 hours- much longer than last year's Feb 14th snow shower? It's only 36 degrees and the snow was supposed to be above our valley elevation, but here is it. The funniest thing is that the lawn sprinklers, which are set on a timer, have come on. They are blowing snow around with the sprinkles.
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| A quiet courtyard |
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| Winter snow moving in |
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| Snow clouds over the mountains |
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| It is really coming down |
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2 hours later at 1:30 pm |
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| Poor little palm plant, but it is a drink of water |
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| This bush was just getting ready to bloom. |
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| I asked Jim if he wanted to go out and make an Arizona snow ball. We decided to make a cup of tea instead. After the storm
Don't you wish our Wisconsin snow would melt this quickly.
3pm and snow has melted off the trees and the gravel. Just a little left on the courtyard grass
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