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WINTER IS UPON US HERE, HOW 'BOUT WHERE YOU ARE?

WELL!!! On June 11, 2008, with the lilacs, crab apples, and other trees abloom, it snowed about 6" here in Belgrade, MT, the day before Marcia's birthday. We had taken pictures of the lilacs of Belgrade, and on this particular June day, I went out and took pictures of snow on the lilacs of Belgrade. Now, October 11, 2008, 4 months to the day after our last snow of 'the winter of '07', if you will (JUNE?), we got our first snow accumulation of the winter of '08. Before that storm passed, Belgrade got 4-6", Bozeman got 9", Billings got 16", and Red Lodge got 40" in 24 hours! That's some snowfall!!! But it sure beats hurricanes and tornadoes, doesn't it? And I haven't shoveled a walkway, yet, just our elevated wooden deck, because it seems to melt off pavement and concrete sidewalks as it falls. Eat yer hearts out, as this will drive the elk down from high lonesome early, with the regular season just starting!!! HOOOOooooOOAH!!!