While working outside Friday a huge Sun Dog lit up the western sky, foretelling of a cold front soon to be arriving in our area
The day was rather warm for a November day so we kept on
checking the fences and rebuilding where they had been torn down
That is Terry the tiny dot on the gray looking hill. He will check the fences between our neighbor to the south
Here he is again almost to the top.
While he is doing that the dogs and I headed down to the west of the place. The most damage will come from those two areas and the north.
Yep! Right on time! Saturday the cold front came in…rain, bitter wind, and snow in places. We only had a sprinkle of rain and the sharp wind, but it looks like the mountains collected lots of white stuff. Come next spring we will be able to water our crops with melted snow! 🙂
Today the clouds are lifting and a small chill breeze is pushing them away clearing the sky.
It looks like a promising day!
Your friend on the western side of Colorado,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
beautiful sky. when i lived in wisconsin, we’d foretell the cold snaps by the sun dogs, too. thanks for that memory. 🙂
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Never knew what a sun dog was or what it might mean. Thanks,
Oddly, its been 70 degrees here. Today was supposed to be 42 degrees with rain and snow…its nice out there right now!
d
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Great pictures as always, Linda. I sure miss that huge wide-open sky — and Grand Mesa. (Have I mentioned that before? lol) Magic thoughts for lots of snowpack this winter.
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Your cold front is almost here to Tennessee. We’ve got the wind and rain already. Your sky photos are beautiful.
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Love the sun dog…. YES, it certainly does tell that a cold front it coming… Love the last sky/sun photo also!!! Gorgeous!
That front is coming to us today. We’ve already had high winds and a tiny bit of rain. More is on the way —and it’s gonna get colder… Fun Fun!!!
Have a great day.
Hugs,
Betsy
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Hugs,
Betsy
Delete this one if you get the other one… Thanks!
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Hooray for mountain snow! We have been on of the unseasonably warm dots on the weather radar. Us, western Arizona, and southern Florida; the rest of the country is 40 or below. I wish all of your severe weather would stay in the mountains where it belongs.
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There used to be a saying
Winter comes in like a thief in the night
Then roars like a lion, putting up a great fight
But goes out like a lamb, all sweetness and light
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Trust you didn’t find too many torn down fences? Damn, inconsiderate pests who do such things.
Great to know that you will from the snow have a good water supply for 2014.
Last night Brisbane got a really great follow up soaking – about 8 hours of that badly needed
stuff from the sky. The lawns and gardens are rapidly returning to healthy growth.
Presently (Monday 5.30 am) looks like we are in store for some more – Yippee!
Colin (Brisbane. Australia)
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Good evening Linda…I see Terry is still hard at work, no moss growing under his boots!!! Your photos are always something to look forward to…Enjoy your evening, Julie.
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I didn’t know that sun-dogs meant that. A beautiful omen though. Now that the crops are in, it looks like some real work is just beginning.
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Your country side is a lot like ours! An old Hooterite man told me when you see a sun dog, the weather will change in 3 days. And it seems to be true!
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We had a sun dog on the 11th of November. Now we’re having mid 70’s. 😉
We did have a couple days of cold weather, but I can’t remember if it was before or after, lol.
Have a wonderful week!
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A lovely atmospheric post that seemed to have the sense of beginning to close down and get ready for winter days and winter pleasures !!! love the skies
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So many hurt and so much lost as winter weather goes to battle with summer like temps. I am glad all is well out there.
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I too did not know what a sun dog was or what it meant. Thanks for the photo. Sat. a neighbor reported a sun dog. Yesterday there were servere damaging winds near here so must be correct.
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Fun skies! Hope your Monday was as good as ours, weatherwise. We had sun and no wind. It won’t last but we’ll take all we can get in Novemeber.
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