A Cold Day from Hail

This was the scene outside our door this morning at approximately 8:10 a.m.:

While it had been raining steadily all morning, there was a sudden increase in tempo and we realized that it was hailing!

Now I realize that for most of our readers who hail (get it?!) from Utah and Colorado (not to mention Switzerland!), that the sight of white substance falling from the sky and accumulating on the ground is no big deal, and is in fact a bit of a pain. But for us here in usually sunny So Cal, where the weather rarely dips below 70 degrees and the annual average rainfall is equal to that of a week in Seattle, this was quite exciting! I stopped making lunches and grabbed the camera to take some photos of this newsworthy event.

white on the woodchips

falling on the fruit trees and the back patio

really coming down

flowers in bloom

slushy snow-like substance
I tried to make one of the kids hold some in their hands but they were whining "It's too cold!" and Jed kept saying "close the door, its making me cold!" which is something you don't hear every day around here.

the front lawn

My hearty shamrock in the courtyard.


Now what was that I was saying yesterday about snowball fights in Laguna Beach?