It snowed a little bit yesterday. Not much, and today it appears to mostly be melting in the searing, unseasonable, 40 degree heat, but it was enough to give me a little hope.
Perhaps this guy can soon trade his skateboard in for a pair of skis.
I know, it doesn't look like it, but it is snowing in this picture. The temperature is 33 degrees. If you could see the full-size version of this, the cross that marks Grotto Iona would be clearly visible at the end of the visible part of road, by the west-bound car. You can somewhat make the cross out in the slideshow version, but to get the full impact, you need to see the full-rez version, which, unfortunately, I can't put in this blog.
By the time I reached this trail 10 minutes later, it was beginning to stick.
Our back yard.
The people who live in this house got cold, so they built a big fire outside and opened up the garage door to let the heat come in and circulate through the house. Personally, I can think of more efficient ways to heat a home.
Shrock Road.
Corner Study.
;)
Then I drive over the Little Su, where Rex, Ama and I hung out just the day before.
They say this is a La Nina year and that the La Nina is the strongest that it has ever been since the mid-50's. La Nina years are supposed to be cold. They are the years that the cold Arctic air masses that come from the north completely overpower the warm flow that comes up from the south, off the Pacific.
So far, though, it is warm - very warm for this time of year.
Even so, the frogs have buried themselves in the mud where they will remain frozen until breakup.