Snow

We've been getting an unusual amount of snow for the past week or so. Now that I'm officially on vacation and don't have to drive in it, I'm much more enthusiastic about it. It has been pretty blizzardy all day today; not that much actual precipitation, but blowing around like crazy with dark skies and poor visibility. Our poor Christmas yard animals have experienced blowing snow, freezing rain and high winds, and probably wish they could go back to the store where it was nice and warm and dry. The moose has stood his ground admirably against the wind, but all three reindeer have embarked on brief flights immediately followed by rather graceless crash landings. Fortunately they're pretty easy to bend back into shape.
We're planning to drive to California in a couple of days. Hopefully some of this mess clears up by then. I'm not so concerned about us driving - it's all those other people that worry me. We shall see.