A little less than a week ago Cody had its first major snow storm of the season.
Actually........it didn't feel like a snow "storm" at all.
Not in the violent wind, snow-coming-in-sideways way that Atomic City had snow storms.
Rather, a few evenings ago it started gently and quietly snowing.
And it didn't stop for two straight days.
And it didn't stop for two straight days.
Big, fat, fluffy wet snowflakes.
Beautiful snowflakes that gradually began to fall, increased in intensity, and just quietly kept falling.
A beautiful snow fall.
These pictures were taken by the end of the first day, and by this time we had all been housebound for far too long.
With growing cabin fever I looked outside, realized that the snow had no intention of stopping any time soon, and that it was time for me and Kory to take a walk in town.
These are some of the random pictures I took during that brief walk, on a mild and snowy late afternoon, not long before dark.
The picture below is of the courtyard between the home owner and the cottage we are currently renting.................
Standing under a pine tree looking towards the big downtown park.............
And looking across the road at the high school.............
There are 30 life sized buffalo statues located in Park County.
Although most of them sit in Cody I saw one recently while we were staying in Meeteetse.
It was sitting on a concrete pad in back of the indoor pool and at the time I wondered why they had it hidden in an alcove where nobody could see it.
A grizzly statue also stands guard outside a small museum in this small town.
It was sitting on a concrete pad in back of the indoor pool and at the time I wondered why they had it hidden in an alcove where nobody could see it.
A grizzly statue also stands guard outside a small museum in this small town.
The buffalo statues are all beautiful, colorful, decorated differently and each one with unique flare.
They were part of a fund raising effort organized by the huge hospital in Cody.
A few years ago they organized a similar fund raiser (grizzly bears), and both LC and I enjoy seeing them all around town.
They are located in front of museums, the library, restaurants, banks and are scattered from one end of town to the other.
They (both the buffalo and the bears) are all individual pieces, all artistic, all beautiful, all colorful, and all whimsical.
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My dog is a happy puppy.
Loves the snow, loves to walk, loving being outside and taking in all the sights and sounds this new place has brought into her life.
We have walked together down town often over the past few weeks.
For a dog who has spent the past four years living in the middle of nowhere and nothing, she has adapted well to her new life.
She has learned to stop at cross walks with my prompting and to walk when I say OK. She knows which stores leave bowls of water at their entrances for thirsty pups.
She receives loving pats and ear rubs from a good number of smiling and welcoming strangers along the way each time we venture out.
She has happily checked out every tree, fire hydrant, bench, buffalo and grizzly statue, and every commercial sign from one end of town to the other.
Every couple of days my very athletic dog needs to run and at those times LC and I drive out to BLM land (which is close by in every direction) and set her free.
Walking in her new white world..............
A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things............George R.R. Martin, A Game Of Thrones
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