Rain, hail, snow... all in the Bay Area over the course of a couple of days. The rain and the hail are native, but the snow? Yesterday there were reports of snow in the Oakland hills. We are use to rising to meet frost covered cars and lawns, but being able to roll a snow ball anywhere in the immediate Bay Area is unheard of. We've been here before. I'll never forget the year that swimming pools were frozen over. Just a sign of the times. Unstable weather patters. Global warming really is upon us. In a few more years, we may not have to travel to Reno, NV or Lake Tahoe to play in the snow, and this will in no way be a good thing.

Cue the tall mug of chocolately delicious warmth.


I thought I was going to freeze in mid stride when I went to go pick up Miss J from her after school program. Ice cold rain, paired with an ice cold breeze... time for mittens, hats, scarves, can I get a ski mask?! Its not like its been this way for a couple of weeks and I am finding it hard to adjust. No. It just literally snowed today in some areas and even the areas that are suppose to get snow in Nor Cal are getting it way ahead of schedule. I some times feel like we have started the "snow" ball rolling and soon it will all just spiral completely out of control. Each year the weather is noticeably different. Colder winters, hotter summers and unseasonal springs and falls. Not to mention, stronger storms in the coastal regions. Hopefully we can somehow put the breaks on this destruction of the earth.

What changes in weather patters have you noticed in your area, if any?