I was on the Gulf coast of Florida most of this week, and it was chilly - 10 degrees cooler than the temps at home in the Northern California Sierra Foothills. Now I'm home, and the temperatures are still nice.

We've had snow twice so far this year, and we're hoping for more. Some years, we have no snow, and we had snow five times one season. And one year, we had our last snowfall on May 15. I'm hoping for a good snow year this year, but it's nice to see some flowers in bloom already.

-Joe-