Snow!

After a winter of doomcasting, we actually got some snow. Started about noon on Friday - nice that city schools had a scheduled half day already. By the time I left the gym it was still just light snow/rain...barely enough to wet the pavement. Then the Catholic schools released students at 1pm. Still, not even requiring the use of windshield wipers. By 2pm, though, it was the tough little kernels of snow, and starting to build up. Predictions of temps in the 20s overnight - well, I knew it was going to stick and be kind of deep.

Saturday morning 4-5 inches on the ground. Dogs and kids loved it, since it is so rare here. By the afternoon, temps in the 50s caused it to go away, except for the shady spots. So a nice change from the regular, didn't interfere with driving or school (I hate making up a snow day in May). And today that nice spring smell was back, with an overlay of melting snow (yes, snow does have a smell, and even more so when it is melting). The best part for me was walking the dogs about 9pm on Friday, snow still falling and that eerie glowing radiance I associate with snowfall. Can't explain it, but even though there are clouds, there is an ambient glow when snow is falling. The ground almost emits light, and the sky is milky just beyond the range of vision.

Oh, and I didn't win the Powerball. On the bright side, nobody else did, either, so $260million on the line for Wednesday.

Mother in law is now at the nursing home. Visited yesterday and today. Nice place...fish tanks and bird tanks (they aren't really cages) for the mentally absent to gaze at. Lots of plants, and the halls are open and wide (wheelchairs) but look more like a hotel than a hospital. She seems to be doing a lot better after not even 10 days - getting out of bed, slowly with pain, using her walker to get to the bathroom, etc. Much better spirits too as she heals.