WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WEEK MAKES!
 

Compare this photo with the post ("Snow") from a week ago...

...And our temps today are approaching 70 degF...

And here are Karen's crocus blooming in the pot outside our Motorhome door...

...Spring coming soon?  Hope so.

--Ed & Karen

SNOW (again)

We woke up this morning to this:

Taken from the deck outside our front door...

The worst part of it was the 8+hr power blackout the night before (!), BUT...
Happy to report that the propane furnace blower
operated just fine from our backup RV batteries (yea!").

Just HAD to share this...

 
This is our 21-mo old Grandaughter, Olive Rose, enjoying life!
She was at China Beach (northwestern San Francisco), Sunday Feb17...

...and yes, that's the Golden Gate Bridge in background.

SAN FRANCISCO VISIT
 

Highlighting our week's visit to San Francisco was our time with our Grandchildren, which gives us the excuse to ask:

 

"...By the way, have we shown you pictures of our grandkids...?"

Here are Calvin (left, age 6) and Jason (age 4)
wearing shirts of their favorite baseball team.

Here, Calvin shows off his very own Baseball Mitt he got for Christmas...

did we tell you that he starts Little League this summer?

While he may be half-Chinese, Jason loves to eat Mexican quesadillas!

 

During our visit, Karen took grandaughter Olive Rose (age, not-quite two years) to a playground in Golden Gate Park.

Her parents live within walking distance of the Park. Now, isn't that cool?
(note San Francisco Victorian townhouses in the background)

At the Park, Olive loves to drink from the water fountain...

Here, Olive clutches two votive candles that she loved to smell...

(Karen brought them for her mama, but Olive claimed them immediately...)

As you can tell, we loved our week in San Francisco!

SNOW! (actually, Hail)  ...Part 2

 

 

Here is a picture taken out the window by our dining table today.

 

Just thought you might like to see it....

 



Check out the "Park Sierra" heading in the lower right corner...

SNOW! (actually, Hail...)

Today, Thurs, Jan 10, a big dark cloud came over and HAIL poured down in sheets for nearly a half-hour! ...Hailstones the size of mothballs. First, it melted as it hit, but eventually it began to "stick'.

I took these photos right after it stopped, thinking it would quickly melt. However, it's now a couple hours later, and it still is on the ground. While it may appear as a snowfall, it is actually slushy hailstones.

Presently, it's 38deg F. It's predicted to get cold -- staying down in the 20's & low 30's for a couple days.

This our shed where Ed has his model work-table set up ...his "Man-Cave"(?)

So it might just be a real hazard getting around for awhile! Our Motorhome, while cozy and heated, does not have an abundance of insulation (which expains why over half the Park Sierra residents have left for southern, warmer climes).

Still, we are stocked up on blankets, groceries, etc., and we just "cuddle-in" more! So "no worries."

Here are our 2 dogs "cuddling in", staying warm on Karen's lap!

We realize that compared to other parts of the U.S., we have it pretty mild, but we are in California, after all!

We Hear Profound Sharing about 9/11

Here's Ed last Sunday in front of Los Gatos United Methodist Church, our local "church home" while in the Saratoga, CA area.

This past Sunday, our pastor invited a member of the church to share. Photo below shows Alice H. speaking in front of the congregation....
You see, Alice's grown son was aboard United Flight 93 on that fateful day- 9/11/2001. Of course, everyone on the plane perished when it crashed into a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

He was one of the men who rushed the cockpit while the flight was enroute to Washington DC.

Alice's sharing was emotional, but profound. She included some insights that I pass along....

"I am grieved that every anniversary of 9/11 has been marked with rhetoric that has divided Americans.

This year was no exception: ...a pastor in Florida saying he would burn copies of the Koran, ...New Yorkers and others fighting over placing an Islamic Center near the site of the Twin Towers.

"I am sick of religion. I'm sick how people draw from their own religions reasons to hate and kill other people...."

Needless to say, this gives us all much to ponder... much to do...

Thoughtfully yours,

-Ed & Karen