Startling Imagery

Satellite views of California this year and at the same time last year. In case you're wondering where your asparagus probably won't be coming from. The white stuff on the mountains and covering much of Nevada is the winter snow pack, aka the region's future water supply. It doesn't look good.

Dry

It was cloudy all day, but the clouds weren't very promising. Too thin for rain, and it's still dry now, though the forecast now says there's a 100% chance of rain tomorrow. The next week is expected to be much colder, but after Thursday no rain. If there isn't going to be rain I'd just as soon have milder temperatures. Then at least I save enough on heat that I'll be able to afford next summer's water bills. But then so far we've had eight record high days this January, so maybe it's best if we don't get any more.