Sure, we had those days of bitter (and bone-dry) cold and wind, and I think we had a brief icy-rain storm at some point, but proper piled-up snowfall? In Winter of 2022/2023? That’s a thing of the past, at least in westside Portland Oregon metro.

Except, no, apparently not entirely, not yet.

Last Thursday we got snow. Serious amounts of snow.

Picture taken shortly before 5 o’clock in the morning, prompted by some jerk’s car alarm going off for 90 solid minutes. At least I got this pretty winter wonderland snapshot out of it.

Of course, it didn’t really last long. By midday Saturday the roads were mostly clear, and here on Monday afternoon there’s barely anything left hidden in various nooks & crannies.

But, hey, for a couple of days it actually looked like winter around here. Inconvenient as heck, sure, but some part of me loved to see it nonetheless.