winter – Diary of a mad homeowner

The snow is chicken because it’s not stickin’

Usually snow totals of 5-10 inches garner lots of media coverage and people flock to the store for bread and

January 28, 2014 0 Comments snow, video, wind, winter

Strong winds bombarded Colorado in early January 2014 and both the mountains and plains received their fair share of winds,

OK. I know it’s the Winter Solstice today and technically this is the first day of winter but this is

May 4, 2013 0 Comments snow, winter

May 1, 2013 dawned in Colorado-style with blue skies, more than a foot of snow on the ground and trees

“You really need to do something about those ice dams,” my neighbor said. People think I invited the ice dams,

March 6, 2011 0 Comments icedams, snow, winter

As yet another storm drifts over the taller Rocky Mountains and onto the Bar B Ranch, I realize one thing:

A pretty severe cold snap late in January 2011 tested the limits of people to stay warm. The cold up

Last week, the front range had some terrible winds to contend with, and they hit the house at about 2