Winter returned to the Mile High City over the past weekend yet our celebration was a bit muted compared to some of the animals at the Portland zoo in that video. Can’t help but smile at seeing their apparent joyful glee. Our storm dumped anywhere from 6-15 inches of super heavy, wet stuff throughout the metro area with some neighborhoods experiencing power outages. Wilson was frisky in the snow but equally excited to come back inside after an extended potty break. Elsa found walking on the crusty snow more than a bit challenging and not entirely to her majesty’s liking as she walked gingerly on it, sinking in with each step which was likely most startling to her sense of equilibrium, given her somewhat wobbly state. Hopefully she’ll receive the all clear to resume to short leash walks after today’s scheduled staple removal and can begin the process of building back her muscles. Please keep your paws crossed for us.
Some local residents experienced power outages might have felt a little like this water buffalo which reminds me that cattle egrets can be stinkers and just don’t care (maybe that’s the price of tick removal?). This pic begs the question at least from golfers if they are related to Canadian Geese in the give-a-hoot category? Courses throughout the metro area have become landing strips for enormous flocks of the pesky birds.
Never fear for us, the forecast is expected to reach back into the 40’s & 50’sF (4-10ºC) throughout the week (before the next storm arrives), which should melt most of the welcomed moisture.
In the “eek, I neglected to acknowledge our double win for last week’s Teaser” category, here’s a pic of the badge we won. It was exciting and quite unexpected to be a firstie, let alone accurately guessing where the Teaser pic was taken-talk about a-m-a-z-i-n-g! Many thanks to our friend Teddy and his mom for the super cute badge. We’re very grateful and thrilled that we won. Maybe all those middle of the night ‘chirps’ by a certain princess aren’t all bad though I’m looking forward to when I can sleep an entire night uninterrupted in my bed.
Best wishes for a pawsome Monday.
Live, love, bark! 🐾
Java Bean: “Ayyy, that water buffalo does not look amused …”
Lulu: “Neither do I when you accidentally pee on me while you’re trying to mark the tree I’m sniffing.”
Java Bean: “Oh, right, sorry, and sí, it’s totally accidental …”
Errant pee is the bane of females in the dog world, Lulu.
We had to giggle at the water buffalo’s decoration!
Canada Geese are such messy critters…not to mention when large groups of them decide its time to cross the street to the other grass, or pond…they flock at pond not too far from our house, and they are noisy, too!
Hope Elsa gets an all clear from her vet.
Funny that Elephants enjoy the snow, being as they come from snowless parts. Who knew?!
I can only guess, but am sure the novelty for the elephants may have worn off quickly. It always does when it turns cold. LOL
Thanks for the good wishes-Elsa did great at the vet and now we’re starting the 6 week rehab building back muscle tone. Oh joy. 🙂
Aww! What a fun video. Love the elephant, especially! Thanks for sharing!
Best wishes for Elsa! ❤️
Glad you enjoyed the video. It made me smile from ear to ear. (sorry for the delay…WP thought you were spam but I assured them you’re an agent for the Hallmark Channel-LOL).
Oh, you cracked me up! 😂😂 I think Hallmark should start paying me fof my “Hallmark” stories. But I am glad you set WP straight.
We had no idea that elephants and otters and such enjoy the snow so much. Polar Bears, yes. Better watch out the Canadian geese flying overhead don’t drop poo on you like the buffalo egret! XOX Xena and my gang
Eek, good point…we’ll keep our eyes pealed upward toward the sky.
Or keep your heads down, BOL!
🤣
Congratulations on the double badge. Wow “6-15 inches of super heavy, wet stuff” is a lot. We are not going skiing this year but it makes me wonder how it looks like in the ski places, like Breckenridge.
Thanks. I think they’re measuring the snow in feet. 😊
I had never seen an elephant in snow before. I live a very sheltered life . . .
As for the water buffalo, I guess since they can’t just go on a Target run for some tick repellant, they’re gonna have to deal with their little visitors.
That elephant in the snow just made me grin from ear to ear. Guess nature was trying to balance out the symbiotic relationship between the water buffalo and the bird but it seems like the buffalo got the lousy end of it. Happy Monday.
And having a blast!
It would seem so, LOL
Same to you Monika, have a great week.
It was worth the wait to see it, wasn’t it?
Well worth it.
How we would love to join those animals at the zoo in their delightful snow. Ours has all disappeared, and it feels like Spring has returned already. We love our snow, but we won’t complain too much because the sun puddles on the deck are pretty darn nice too.
Woos – Lightning, Misty, and Timber
Hard to believe your snow is gone already. We figured with the cold it’d be around for a while. Sun puddles are nice this time of year. We’re enjoying clear blue skies and mid 40’sF today. It’s absolutely delightful.
A big congratulations for being a double winner. Loved the video of the elephants and other animals playing in the snow. The polar bears looked right at home. Best wishes to Elsa on the staple removal.
Thanks John. I thought there must have been a mistake on being first. Mountain time puts me at a time zone disadvantage. I had to pinch myself and kept thinking it’s not possible I could be first.
Elsa did great at the vet’s this morning. Next up rehab for the next 6 weeks. Oh joy. Just hope I can finally sleep in my bed now. 🤞🏻 Happy Monday.
Yes the rehab is important.
Congrats on the double win. I love that video, but when the seal slips into the icy water, I get a chill. The polar bear is so funny. Good luck to Elsa.
Many thanks, all around, Dan. We just left the vet’s office and am happy to report Elsa is free of all 37 staples. She’s practically giddy about not having to wear that horrible cone of shame she can start to increase her walks now and will get a follow up in 6 weeks. Woohoo! Happy Monday.
That’s great news! I’m sure she’s a happy pup.
Her step perked right up. 😉
Whata grate video Miss Monika an Elsa an Wilson!!! A fun way t start THE day! Who new Ellyfantss liked snow?
Elsa pleese bee carefull out inn yore snow!!! EEEKKKK!!! A foot of snow there? So much fore Winter beein gone….
An furinallee THE Water Buffylo an bird foto>>>ROFM/ROFL!
~~~head rubss~~~BellaDharma~~~ an ***giggellss*** BellaSita Mum
Glad you liked that video-it made me smile. Our neighborhood didn’t receive that much-only about 6-7 inches. It’s super wet and heavy and with today’s clear skies, the sun is melting it nicely on the southern exposures. We managed to take our morning constitution in just a sweatshirt and fleece vest. The sun felt really good on our skin.
Mee-yow yore weather iss so weerd….butt wee happy youss’ got out fore a guud walk!!!!
The altitude makes all the difference.
Loved that video…….and loved the water buffalo with the egret “friend” that apparently used his head as a toilet. LOL Sweet Elsa hopefully is on the mend – it’s tough having to be CAREFUL when you walk but she’ll be back soon hopefully – Teddy and I sending her some POTP! You got a lot of snow…..we haven’t had any now for a couple of weeks – in fact had some days in the upper 50s. I’m sure Winter isn’t finished with us yet though! CONGRATS again on your double Teaser win – that does NOT happen often!
Hugs, Pam and Teddy too
We thought it was a good way to start out the week. Elsa did great at the vet’s and is now free of all 37 staples. Woohoo. Even better she no longer has to wear the ‘satellite dish.’ She’s very thrill about that. Here’s home you guys have a terrific Monday.
I was scanning through the comments and saw what happened to Elsa. I missed that too. Paws crossed that she continues to recover – poor girl! Loved the video – such joy!
Thanks for the well wishes. Let’s just say it’s been an interesting two weeks. Maybe I’ll get to sleep in a real bed soon (instead of on the floor next to Elsa or on the sofa next to her bed where she has spent nearly every minute). I could not stop smiling while watching the elephant in particular enjoying the snow. Happy Monday.
A whole bunch of Awww’s in that video. You made me smile and say Awww more than once.
I linked this post to Awww Mondays.
Have a fabulous day and week, my friend. A hug to you and scritches to Elsa. ♥
The elephant glee was definitely super aww-worthy. Happy Monday.
We sure wish we had gotten dumped on with snow, but no such luck here. We’ll take any kind, wet or fluffy, a dusting or a foot. Hope the staples come out and things get better. Thankfully my stitches were all inside. The incision is healing nicely and it will be a month tomorrow. Surgery/incidents are never fun. Hope you feel better soon.
Thanks, I’ve got my paws crossed she can begin the next phase of recovery since this surgery takes about 2 months for recovery. 🤞🏼 Hopefully some of those storms from California will make it up your way. Another one is expected to arrive Saturday. Maybe just maybe the Gulf Stream will cooperate and gift you a healthy dump. Happy Monday.
I didn’t know elephants liked snow! Good luck with staple removal today. Hugs to Elsa!
Exactly! Wasn’t that fun to witness? Thanks for the well wishes. Have a pawtastic Monday.
Snow is always better when it’s not on my driveway and town roads! Love seeing that polar bear roll around; in an odd way it reminded me of Kali in the snow. Maybe the color of the fur…. But wait; stop the presses! Am I having a(nother) senior moment or did I miss something about Elsa? I went back through a few of your recent posts but saw no references….
Hi Mike. Elsa suffered a femoral fracture in late January and had surgery two weeks ago-37 staples. They say chicks dig scars but her 10-er” seems like overkill. The video had such glee in it as the animals romped and slid around in a rare snow for Portland. Happy Monday.
I hope she is healing up well! 37 staples, wow – the doc must have had reload a few times. Well wishes to all at the Ranch.
Maybe that’s why the bill was so high…he charged by the pound. LOL 😉
Ha, no doubt.
We have a ton of geese who call the golf course nearby their home. The golfers and geese “work around” each other, but to be honest most often the geese (and ducks) swim around the water hazards and aren’t always strolling the fairway. Paws crossed Elsa will regain her Ninja status soon…and on land, not snow!
Thanks for the well wishes, Bruce. I’m hopeful she can back to being more of her ole self though there’s still another 6 weeks of rehab in store.
Last week I saw so many geese on the fairway at a nearby course I thought, uh-oh…the golfers aren’t going enjoy walking from green to green. Have a super-duper Monday.
we dislike snow too… we hope miss spring is on the way…
Since it’s rare for rain in these parts, a good wet snow is always welcome. Even the 6+ inches that fell at our house is melting in southern exposures. Naturally most of our exposure is north. LOL Happy Monday.
I was wondering if Wilson was going to be as big of a winter wimp as Norman was 🙂
I keep forgetting to ask what happened to Elsa? I must have missed it in the posts.
Happy Monday to you all! Keep your snow. I don’t want it.
He rather surprised me by his bouncing around in it. He’s not a huge fan yet though it seemed to unleash a certain level of friskiness. He certainly wasn’t unhappy to go back inside. I’m gonna keep my eyes on how he continues to act in it as he becomes more accustomed to the city. Hard to believe that tomorrow he’ll have been with me for a month. Happy Monday.
That is wonderful!
And wow… how quickly time goes by!
Isn’t that the truth!
😊
Loved the video! And of course, we enjoyed the snow, too…from inside our cozy car or home.
Wasn’t that video quite joyful-especially the elephants. It was amazing that it rained all night and snowed the entire day. Gotta love that moisture! Here’s to a terrific Monday.
An elephant and snow was a connection I would never have made!
Best wishes for Elsa…and hopes for decent weather soon to take her out.
It was quite surprising to me as well. thanks for the well wishes. I think Elsa is ready to get back to being somewhat of a Ninja. 🤞🏼