A tale of two Decembers

Last week, I started off in warm San Francisco and ended up in an ice storm in Boston.

In between meetings, I was driving in Palo Alto and took the picture above. I couldn't believe that the flowers were still blooming.

By the end of the week, I was back home and hunkering down through the ice storm. It started with just rain, but overnight the freezing rain coated everything with a 1/4 inch of ice.


We lost power for a short while, but didn't have any major problems. We have a wood burning stove which kept the house warm while the electricity was out. Some friends of ours are starting their 4th day without power.

The ice was beautiful, but it is causing a lot of problems here in Mass.