Well, it took it awhile but last weekend winter finally arrived (at least for a day or 2)...

A couple views out of our window...

Bar-b-que anyone?...





The snow wasn't all that bad.  The 28 hour power outage was a pain though.

How to make coffee with no power but lots of snow:

Step 1.  Melt snow:



Step 2: Break out your old french press you haven't used in years...




My old truck and trailer got a tad buried...



Shot of the driveway...



Time to mow the lawn, I think...hehe...



Drinkin coffee and melting some toilet flushing/ takin' a bath water...



The carport seems to have held up....



What's the snowload on the roof of a walmart bird feeder?....





All told, we got 2 1/2 feet at our place from Sunday morning through Monday evening.  Not too shabby for Sunny California!