The snow was very dry and not the kind that makes a good snowball or snowman, but seems to be good for sledding. I have seen some neighborhood kids dragging sleds behind them as they walk down the road toward the farm. The snow  would have blown about if there had been any wind. Thankfully, we didn’t have much wind and there are not large drifts anywhere that I can see.

We just have to let the sun do its job and melt this damn stuff. I’m not going to waste my time shoveling snow when it will be melted in a day or two.

For years pilots and other non-scientists have known about a natural phenomenon with lightning, called Sprites. These are short bursts of light that rise up above the storm clouds and then fall back down into the cloud. They last for just the blink of an eye, so it was hard to capture them on film until this past decade or so. Now we do have cameras and video of the sprites and they look like amazingly like jellyfish for their short violent lives. I saw a video of sprites on the LiveScience web site.

This summer I want to spend at least a full week at a beach. Preferably on the Gulf of Mexico, although the Atlantic Ocean would do.

The best way to spend time at the beach is in a full service hotel that is right on the beach. Book a room with a beachfront view of the water. And a tiki bar at the hotel pool makes it even nicer.

Well, I’m thinking someone has pissed off Mother Nature because this weather is just not right. Houston and New Orleans are getting snow today. That is just not normal. It’s cold here, too. The forecast for the next week is cold and wet. That’s great – if you are a duck.

I hope to take advantage of the cooler temperatures and do some yard work. We have about a dozen large bags of leaves that need raking and dragging to the curb before they get too wet. It’s easier to rake and drag tree limbs around when the air is brisk.