Snowcovered* mountains

I got up early on Saturday morning, and stepped out onto a second story balcony to check out the temperature.  I was surprised to see the snow on a nearby mountain, and ran to get the camera.  I then woke Marguerite to show it to her.  Neither of us had noticed the snow before, and trust me, we had looked at all of the surrounding mountains.

 It turns out I needed to put the asterisk after the word “snowcovered”.  We are approaching the end of the rainy season here.  At this time of year, a heavy rain can fall as snow that far up, but its life is fleeting.  In fact, by the end of the day, it had disappeared.  In the “coldest” months of the year, the snow on that mountain can last for a few weeks.  (There is at least one mountain, Cotopaxi, that is covered year round.)  We were lucky to see it; partly because of its brief existence, and partly because the peak is so often obscured by clouds and mist.   So, it was a lucky delight.