I was afraid the sky’s color gradient might not come though, but the Pixel™ did not disappoint. That view across the backyard last week was a bit more pronounced in reality, but the cameras are just hitting really well nowadays. Those maple trees got several sessions of radical pruning in recent years to save the blue spruce, which probably almost died from being overshadowed before I realized what happened.
The quest for latest first snow on record officially ended last week, missing the record by 1 day at Denver International. But we haven’t had enough to measure here for months. I suspect that is the story in many places around the region. It’s been one or another level of drought for decades now in various locations statewide, based on the non-cyclical weather patterns we’ve been experiencing.
I would typically be down to once-a-month watering sessions on the trees, grass and bushes around the house in prior years. You need to do that in this dry climate to avoid “winter kill,” where even hibernating plants and trees can die from dried out roots. Still on weekly watering at the end of the year. Seems to be transitioning into a year-round activity at that baseline rate. Should be interesting to see what’s still alive around here in the spring.
