After many years living in the mild climate of Southern California, preceded by many years in the desert heat of Tucson, Arizona, Dave and Jan are happy to be living back in snow country at the 5,700 foot elevation of Cedar City. The snow in southwest Utah comes with some frequency during the cooler months of the year, but seldom in large enough quantity to make life difficult or dangerous. And it is beautiful to see. Here is Cedar Mountain and the foreground with a fresh dusting of white.

Snow, of course, offers great possibilities for recreation which grandchildren always enjoy!

Snowy days challenge Grandma Jan to come up with some indoor activities for Ryan and Erin like their creation of pine cones coated with peanut butter and sprinkled with bird seed to feed the birds.

Picnics in the back yard will have to wait when very many inches of snow pile up on the picnic table.

Dave enjoys the chance to get some exercise when there are driveways and sidewalks to clear of snow.

And living on a corner lot offers extra exercise for those who enjoy the exercise of shoveling snow.

And fresh snow even provides some spiritual lessons in view of the Psalmist David’s thought that the Lord is able to cleanse sinful hearts who turn to Him, making them “whiter than snow” (Psalm 51:7)!