Remember oobleck? No, not the non-Newtonian fluid. The Dr. Seuss-invented kind of weather. It goes something like this: once upon a time, a king got tired of rain and snow and sleet – boring weather – and had his magicians invent oobleck, a sticky green glob that fell from the heavens and caused havoc.

There hasn’t been any oobleck (or havoc) here recently, but we did get some good snow early this week. It was really pretty stuff – hanging around the trees and buildings like a thick coat of white frosting. It was so thick and wet that it didn’t quite seem like snow. Frosting was the closest thing I could come up with, and as a result, I ended up thinking a lot about cake yesterday.

I wandered around Deadwood yesterday afternoon and snapped these shots. Some of the snow melted off today – it was a balmy 50 degrees and sunny – but fear not, all ye powder hounds! We’re supposed to get another couple of inches tomorrow and today.

So, does it look like frosting, or was I just hungry?