Weather or not

We woke up this morning to the lowest temperatures we've had so far this season - it was 31. The wind blew all night and some trees in our valley were toppled over and out of the ground. It seems quiet out there right now, some limbs flew off our trees and lots of leaves in the pool.

We do have blessings to be thankful for as we saw the storm damage in the east coast from Pennsylvania up to Maine. When we lived in Kentucky we had ice storms and for me that was an unbelievable experience. Fortunately, then we didn't have to endure the calamity they have to deal with today and losing their electricity for many days and weeks. A lady who was interview said she slept with her clothes on and they all huddled together to keep warm. Some neighbors helped out as they could, one even bringing a generator to one of his neighbors.

My aunt who lives in Ohio doesn't want me to tell her about our weather because our temperatures are so different from theirs. Most days I run around in shorts, and Tom always wore shorts in the winter before he enlisted in the Army. They were the long shorts and he wore a jacket or warm shirt, but our dry weather (without humidity) has a different feel to it.

We may luck out though and I may get another answer to my daily prayer for rain but with temperatures at 31 it may be snow. I know I can't complain about the weather especially after talking with Aunt Thelma and what they've had to deal with. She is ill and an elderly person, the harsh winters make it very difficult for them to get out of their homes. But, we need rain badly, we are in an extreme drought situation. Our Lake Mead is lower than we have ever seen it in the history of the lake. We usually have one snow a year and the snow generally doesn't stay beyond a couple of hours - it is a treat. We have had a really hard snow and the grandkids when they were little - Keeley and Tom, built snowmen in the front yard. It lasted a couple of days but that has been years ago. Our local weatherlady predicts a lot of snow starting tomorrow. I hope she is right. Being raised in Ohio and living in the midwest and in Massachusetts on and off during my marriage, I miss the real winter weather. Although, we stay here because of the mild weather - its difficult luxury to get it both ways. Is it going to be shovel or not! These photos were taken here at this home in Henderson back in 1998 - the last time the Las Vegas valley got a big snow. I noticed there were leaves on the trees then too. Oh, and you can almost see Bob between the trees - he's thawing the water in the birds bath.