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A Year Ago, then Snow!

About one year ago, we moved into our new home in Fort Collins, CO. What has changed since then? Many things! (Details forthcoming.) One of the most visible changes being that the owners painted our house "Forest Service Green" a month ago. Fancy!


And, we went from a high of 77 yesterday, to three inches of snow (and still accumulating) tonight! Crazy Colorado weather... Asher loves it!


Time to break out the snow boots!

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  1. Seeing this picture is making me nervous, if you already got snow I wonder what is going to happen here in Boston!!

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  2. The new house color is great! What else could it be for two "green" advocates?

    We heard Denver had seven inches of snow. Still coming down?

    Go Ellen! Hang in there with the soy milk process. We admire your tenacity to get the job done.

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  3. The new house color is great! What other color could it be for two "green" advocates?

    Heard today that Denver had seven inches of snow. Still coming down?

    Go Ellen! Hang in there with the soy milk process. We admire your tenacity for getting the job done.

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  4. I wouldn't worry too much about the snow yet. It stopped in the evening yesterday and it looks like we're headed back up to 70's by the first weekend in November.

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  5. Whoops. I need to learn how to read a weather forecast. 63° on Monday then back into mid-50's. (I was looking at record high temps. *sigh*)

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