Snows and rumors of snows

A young couple from Minnesota who came by the railway yesterday said that when they left home (well north of Minneapolis-St. Paul) on Friday morning, it had been sunny and cool. When they called back there after getting to the Dells, they learned that the town where they lived had been hit by 15 inches of snow.

Yesterday was a nice day here, got up into the 50s, warm in the sun and there was no wind. But then ...

[Cue the theme music from Jaws.]

It got cold in the night and we got some rain but none of the predicted snow showers, at least none while either of us was awake to see it. At noon it was in the 30s but felt like 26. "They" say we have about a 50% chance of snow showers this afternoon, and even some possible accumulation on the grass. It is supposed to drop to 24 degrees tonight. I am back to sleeping under two comforters.

Now lest you Texans get too superior, guess where and when this snowy scene was photographed.

That is a picture of the entrance to President Bush's Crawford ranch from April of 2007.