Cloudy, cold and rainy for the first two days start to the new year has things mopey around the rancho. All I want to do is sleep. At least the rain has washed most of the juniper pollen out of the air.
My cedar fever sneezing fits are almost down to zero. Making a snooze under warm covers, when the outside temp is around 40 degrees, even more appealing.
UPDATE: Could be worse. One drunk with a bottle rocket made 8,000 plus homeless in the Philippines. The rain made that impossible here.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
Heh… synchronicity again. Here it looks like all these December rains that didn’t come decided to get it done in a week. With some light and sound effects too. Thankfully, when I fall asleep I sleep.
More on our situation here: “The travel advisory that the US embassy in Israel issued to its citizens over the weekend, which warned US citizens to pack a shovel and an emergency food supply after a cold snap left thousands without electricity last year, may have seemed extreme but on Monday Israeli officials have followed suit and refuse to take any risks as a heavy winter storm approaches. ”
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4611582,00.html
Some people went seriously overboard this time. Although, with all that global warming and stuff – who knows, we may see polar bears strolling around yet.
Hmm. Forecast here is for freezing nights all week but no storm. The previous rain, mixed with occasional thunder, wasn’t anything to write home about, just cold and icky. Re the polar bears, Nature is having her little riposte to all the global warming hooey.