Then and now

Yes, there's a deck under there-- the same view in June and December. 

It snowed heavily on Saturday, but fortunately we were off the roads and tucked up watching it through the picture window. 

On Sunday, when the sun came up, a truly spectacular sight on a 7 degree morning. I'm glad we got in a short visit, but hated to leave after just one full day at the house. But so it goes in the winter.

 

We came back to Seattle yesterday to avoid the next winter storm coming in today, which can extend the already long drive by many treacherous hours.

It was a rare sunny afternoon on Snoqualmie Pass yesterday and beautiful with the trees frosted in snow.  It looks like we have the freeway through the mountains all to ourselves. Ha ha ha. The usual rat race of cars and trucks-- why are people so frantic to get ahead of each other? And at the same time clump together like a herd of deer?

Talk about then and now. To give you an idea of how quickly the weather changes, this stretch of highway just the night before was covered in snow and ice, and closed in both directions for hours due to multiple spin-outs and accidents. I just looked, and chains required this morning and up to 10 inches of snow expected today.

Glad to be home. So, here we are, just five days from Christmas. 

Enjoy the moment.