living in a GnR song

 Back in Maine, February used to be my least favorite month but out here in the west, I think it's November.  We've actually been very, very lucky for the first half of the month, with lots of sunshine and temperatures in the 60s.  But the weather seems to have turned a corner this week and it is, all of a sudden, very November-y.  Shoulder season, cold, dark and wet: today, for example, it is 40s and raining all day.  (H's and my second least favorite kind of weather - only 30s and raining is worse.)  We have been trapped in the house all weekend - cleaning, cooking and reading - and Milton doesn't understand why we won't turn off the sky water so we can go DO something.

Amazingly, some of the Utah ski resorts have opened, albeit with like ten inch bases, bless their hearts:

No word on Alta yet but if this storm brings the 2+ feet the forecasters are boasting, that may help them with their decision.