In late October, Dotty woke up one morning and went outside, as she usually does. It was still dark, and very cold. And there was some weird wettish cold stuff all over the ground.

It smelled wet and fresh.

When Dotty went back inside, some of the white stuff came in, too. So she ate it. It didn’t taste like much.

A little while later, Orly (who is not a morning dog) stumbled out of the bedroom. When she saw the white stuff, she got very excited.

Orly told Dotty that it was called SNOW!

SNOW! (always said with great excitement) is a super fun thing that happens in Montana oh, anywhere from 6 to 11 months of the year.

The two dogs went outside together and raced around in the snow, dug in the snow, kicked the snow, ate the snow, lay down in the snow, peed on the snow, and rolled in the snow.

Since there was only a very light dusting, they had to use their imaginations quite a bit.

After about 10 or 15 minutes, they realized that they were cold and hungry, so they went inside and had breakfast.

Orly promised Dotty that she’d see more — better, bigger, deeper — SNOW! soon.