Skywatch Friday: From Snow to Rain, FINALLY!

For the first time this week, the passing storms brought rain (and exciting lightning) instead of snow:

In town, I love the way storms close in the sky and obscure the ridges of the Continental Divide (view east in Butte, Montana, showing some of the old mining "gallows frames"):

Compare that view with a similar one from last week as a snowstorm moved in:

Come next morning, snow was falling (view from front porch):

Though it did not seem to bother MollyTheDog:

By the next morning, it had snowed about 12 inches. But as usual, skies cleared quickly:

The warm sun melted the snow from my old Land Rover:

And from the little Douglas Fir trees behind the house:

Our poor Lilacs reached their budding fingers to the sky, crying "No More!:"

There will snowstorms throughout the summer in our the little mountain city of Butte America, but it looks like spring has sprung.