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Snow in Atascadero, CA

I got up this morning to pouring rain and below freezing temperatures. Wait! that can’t be, but it was. As I was making my coffee I noticed that the rain drops looked different, larger and whiter then normal. Wow! It’s snowing! It was wet snow but hey, it was snow. As I watched, camera in hand, it got whiter and lighter, less wet. Suddenly it was snowing, like Lake Tahoe snowing. Real snow flakes, like big white feathers floating from the sky and obscuring the countryside.

Last night the prediction was for snow down as low as 3500 feet, we’re 850 feet! Boy were they wrong.

I took picture after picture and put them all, good and bad, up on Flickr to share. Feel free to look.

It stopped snowing at about 10:00 AM and by 12 noon you would never have known about the snow. It was completely gone, not a trace. Just a few small patches in the surrounding mountains, even those were gone by 2:00 PM.

It was so beautiful, like a fairyland, I’m glad I thought to take pictures.

It’s great to be home. The trip back was pretty exciting. The winds and rain were as strong as I’ve ever driven in. I made it home in one piece and in record time. Not many people chose to join me on the highway (probably smart).

Today is gorgeous blue skies and powerful winds. Nice day to be indoors. I’m going to spend it unpacking and invoicing. I may fill out my absentee ballet and get it mailed as well.

Just spoke with my mother-in-law, she’s doing really well after her foot surgery. It’s pretty amazing how quickly she’s recovering.  We’re all very impressed, she’ll be back to playing golf in no time.

Did my weights for the first time since Tuesday. It felt good to workout and get the blood flowing again. I never seem to be able to find the time to workout when I go out of town.

Last night I heard what sounded like a scream. Just one, then silence. This morning when Chris went outside to get the papers he found a trail of blood on the driveway. We haven’t been able to figure out for sure what got what but suspect it was an owl getting a gopher. That’s what we hope anyway. We found a small animal print in blood on the driveway next to the spot where it looks to have been snatched. No other foot prints anywhere and a very long trail of blood drops, no smears or other foot prints.

Full-sized photo of blood trail.

Mystery blood on our driveway