It ain't all baloons and sunshine...

Here's what we usually see here at The Hotel Yorba...

And we enjoy our mornings. Cody doesn't even mind being Rachel's personal ottoman while she recuperates.


And Jake took this picture through the sunroof while we were on our way to pick up Rachel from the hospital...

But man, Winter pushed Fall aside last week just to remind us to get that firewood ordered...

It was an angry little storm. I saw lightning bolts strike the mountain. And the rain came. And Jake and I scrambled around taking down the Martha shade and umbrellas and bringing in the patio furniture and a few dozen other things you don't want left out in the rain. And there was snow and ice on Cobb and I heard a bunch of accidents on icy roads.

That was one of the 31 flavors of suck last week. But we got it done. And after that, it was actually kind of fun to sit inside and watch the weather.