The Drought is over and Snow has come to our Place

In much of the US (particularly in the Western/Rocky Mountain Region) this winter has been very dry and warm so far.  That was good for our building project which started last July but not good for accumulating snow pack in the mountains which will be next summer's irrigation water.  See previous posts #1 #2 #3 #4 detailing more about the various phases in our construction project from beginning to end.

But, almost as if to welcome us--after the construction was done (just a week ago) and as we moved in over the last few days--the first real rain came then snow giving us some truly glorious views of changing weather out our window!  Do come sometime to see for yourself: very soon grass will start to turn green and fruit trees will blossom out!  Here are some photos taken over the last three days as we unpacked in our new digs!  We're finally beginning to think--this is really happening and we love it!

Clearing of clouds over Mt Kinesava after new rain--we really needed it! 

Then even better--the next day we got snow--which adds to snow pack in the mountains!
That is needed water for irrigation of our fields this coming Spring and Summer.

 When we got to our house this morning to continue unpacking--this is what greeted us!

 The view out our Great Room window!

 Snow now but soon the Cottonwoods along the river will turn Green--I can hardly wait!

View of our house from the southwest corner of our property along Grafton Road toward Zion Peaks...

View west from our house over pastures and cottonwoods along the Virgin River & neighbor's barn...

View from our bedroom (zoomed) toward "The Watchman" and "Bridge Mountain" in Zion NP.

View toward our bridge over the Virign River...

In the distance are the snow-covered Pine Valley Mountains--largest lacolith in the world...I'm told.

 We never tire of seeing changing colors, shadows and clouds over Mt Kinesava in Zion NP

Enjoy!

We're MOVING-IN to our New House!

Well, it's now been about seven months since we "broke ground" on our building project near Zion National Park in Rockville Utah--July 2, 2011--see the following post for earlier views of major stages in the building from August to October 2011.  But we're now finally MOVING-IN--HURRAH!!  


A week ago we passed inspections and started organizing for the BIG MOVE!  Today we took up most of our big goods and will be in the house  within a couple days--target February 15 (some small things left will go by car).  Here are some photos of the house today's major moving...with help from two church members.  Of course, it will take us months to go through things which have been in storage for months and years!  Fun fun!!  But it finally seems real!

The moving van arrives with most of our goods!

Clouds building around Mt Kinesava before snow came!

View from the "Great Room"!!

The master bedroom and its view!!

The kitchen...before moving in goods...

The sun room--south side of house--very nice in winter!

The looking southwest from the sun room...

The garage...before we did all our "sorting" (will take some time--unfortunately)!

Below - various views of our new home...in winter.  Soon fields will turn green!

Snow on Red Rocks--Beautiful!

The last few days brought a little rain and snow--the first in about two months--we really needed it!  And it brought back a beautiful sight--Snow on the Red Rocks of Zion! 

And there is NO SNOW to CLEAR around the house or the driveway--the way I like it!  See below some of the photos around our Rockville property and our construction site--see also the updated photos on our house construction project. We finish and start moving in this coming weekend!  Hurrah!!

The Temple of Kinesava seen from our back porch...

I never get tired of seeing changing weather around the mountain
and vegetation change along the Virgin River in all seasons...

Our place with front door now stained but still some landscaping to do...little-by-little!

The Trees Ranch at entrance to Zion National Park about two miles from our House...

Snow on the Watchman and Bridge Mountain seen from entrance to Springdale/Zion Canyon 

Springdale town sign--entrance to Zion National park 

Kolob Terrace after snow at entrance to Sunset Canyon Ranch

Welcome!