A Real Touch of Winter

We have enjoyed the real touch of winter that has landed on the landscape over the last 24 hours. It is not like we just got back yesterday and had to immediately adapt to the real winter conditions in redwood country; we did enjoy the summer sunny high pressure of a classic California warm spell, including a solid week enjoying the Mission District of San Francisco in full sun for the first week of February. Of course, that was after the forced vacation in glorious México. Yes, we were gone from home, family is like that. It was not all just sitting around on the beach. Though just enough of it was. And it makes the snow day all the more spectacular, the knowing how great the beach was!