Zeigen

Driving in this morning, the hills east of 237 above Milpitas (do these hills even have a name?) were covered in snow. I knew it was cold last night, but I had no idea that last night’s heavy rain would turn into so much snow.

I didn’t have my camera with me. I asked Rich T. if he could take a picture, but by noon when he was free, the continued rains (or, per Harry, hail if you live in Marin) washed the snow away.

Nonetheless, Rich T. pointed me to this beautiful photo at Flickr.

I was born in London, where it snows reliably, and I even used to go to school on the bus in the snow wearing shorts. Third form and lower, you see, must wear shorts; that’s the uniform. You had to be in Lower Remove to wear long pants. Those were the rules at King’s College Junior School near Wimbledon. And we are, after all, a society of rules.

Now I usually only see snow in Tahoe. So it was delightful to see snow on the hills on the way to work.

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