In her area she is getting creamed by a major ice storm, our area also is getting nailed, but her's was hit bad this morning, no power as far as I know of and ours is in and out, so just a thought to keep her in your thoughts, I am sure she is cold. Sharen

I wish I could send you both some California sun. Thank you for letting us know. I sure will be sending all good thoughts her way.

Wow, thanks for the heads up, Sharen. It's unseasonably warm and sunny over here in the UK, so I'll send a little of it over. :)

For the last 2 days I had to chisel my car out from under a centimeter of ice....before I go to work, and again for the drive home. I thought someone said spring is coming soon? Rawnrr

OMG..........thank you Sharen for letting us know. I live in California, too, and although it gets "ugly" where I am, ( cold, damp, glum, not what you would call or think that California weather is) I can't imagine what it must be like for those who live elsewhere. I hope all of you who are "affected" by this, are OK, and hope to hear from you all soon. (: Genny

Oh I definately feel for you guys....been there done that. We had an ice storm about six years ago that left us without power for over 5 days..it was horrible! My thoughts are with both of you ;) Pendy

Must be Northern California like me genny....lol Sending sunshine and thoughts her way, and yours too Sharen! Marque

Okay, I'll send them some Southern California sun, which is what I am enjoying right now. A bath of warm light to embrace you and keep you safe.

YUP.........I am in Fairfield, Marque..........northern California! (: For me it could be worse.........I grew up in San Francisco.............and I don't think I ever spent a summer there...........I always thought, if it isn't raining then it must be summer! LOL! Genny

Close to you, on the other side of Sacramento. Maybe we should grab coffee sometime. Marque

Oh no ... so sorry you guys are having to endure such an ice storm in April. I'll make sure and keep Lady Nimue and all of you in this storm in my thoughts and blessings ... wish I could send some Tennessee springtime that way. :-)

I'm originally from northern California (born in sacramento, raised in Nevada County), but I've lived in Pennsylvania for the last 18 years. Cold as hell here, after a nice sunny week. Seems like it can't decide if it wants to be spring or winter...

LOL I worked at the hospital in Grass Valley for a bit, isn't it a small world? Marque

I worked at the hospital in Grass Valley for a bit<< That's the town I grew up in. My mom is a nurse at that hospital.

lights a fire and starts making s'mores for Ladynim...

Almost Spring down here... I am sending some virtual warm rays her way!

Where are you guys at Sharen (Sam's 3d) and ladynimue? We're having one of largest snowfalls of the winter in Minnesota today (but no ice yet!) Been a "strange winter" for about the last 4 years! :)

She will definetly be in my thoughts and prayers, and I hope things don't get any worse for you :) Take care!

hey- I'm in Michigan- we've had 2 days of ice storms also- power outages - car accidents- yada yada

Most the snow is long gone in Anchorage. Bright and sunny today. Hope you guys have propane heaters and lanterns handy.

From the just-about-perfect-Mediterranean climated Bay Area/Northern CA, I'm wishing her sunshine and daffodils:) (is 'climated' a word?!)

Hi geoegress, Sounds like you're north of 696 up in the ice warning zone, I'm down here in S Wayne Co. where we just have freezing rain advisory :-| Can someone tell me where spring went? :-

More California sunnshine heading your way from me as well. But i have better sunshine here near San Diego. Its the warm fuzzy kind like a soft warm blanket. Like the kind they sing about in Camolot. :)

Another one close to Sacramento!! I'm in Roseville!

I will join Sam Therapy in sending over some virtual Southern England spring weather. Brrh Macmullin that looks cold!

Best wishes. I'd send some Bullhead Arizona sun but that would be just downright cruel. Hope she makes it through ok.

Finally warming up tonight a bit in sunny if chill Sacramento-- close to the center of the Poser universe, it would appear.LOL! I want that cow scene for the cyclorama!:)) Emily

No. NO. NO! Don't send too much sunshine!!! If all that snow starts to melt too fast, we'll need power boats. Snow up here changing to freezing rain in the morning.

I could send some sunshine, we're up to about 12 hours now. Not too warm yet but it will be soon! At least that's what they say. At least they didn't get the winds that they got down in Anchorage a couple of weeks ago, 100mph is pretty gusty!! Stay warm.

Shure'n that's a lovly scene there, wouldn't ya be after knowin' :-)

ohhhh please more pictures! it's so nice to see the weather forecast in this way...from all around the world! beautiful photos!

Nice idea indeed :o) Unfortunately it's dark here now, but I'll gladly grab a pic in the morning :o) And my thoughts are with LadyNimue. Must be awfull with that kind of ice/snow when all you want is spring

Welcome to the winter wonderland. It was not too bad here.

Then real problem is not in our area, now that the ice has melted it did so much damage to power lines those poor folks are not going to get there electric back till maybe the end of next week. Our power lines are underground and our transformer is above ground, so when the transformer went out, we just had to wait till we got another one and that was late lastnight, but ladynimue has above ground power lines and fixing that will take some time. Sharen Looking for spring, love the pics above

Anyone remember me? :-) I live almost right on the shores of Lake Ontario. I live off the road in the middle of the woods. I am surrounded by 50' Pines and maples. As far as the eye can see. It's an amazing place and very unique and beautiful. Until Mother nature decides to use those pretty trees as weapons. ;-) I'm guessing Lady lives near me in Wayne County somewhere. We were the hardest county hit by the storm. But I was one of the lucky ones that the power company restored first. My driveway is very long. It's .01 of a mile long! On Friday I had 8 trees down blocking my way out. After I spent all day cutting them up to be able to get out. Twelve more trees fell by the next day! I spent all day Saturday cutting those ones up. I'm so tired I can hardly type. It's really bad here in upstate NY. It looks like a bomb fell on my street. But my neighbors have been supplying me with chainsaws, Generators, and ATV's to help clear the debris away. The Tops grocery store is open. And using a generator to operate. It's like shopping in a dark, romantic restaurant. ;-) God bless those brave folks who went to work there when their own homes were under natures attack. My thanks go out to all the Rochester and Buffalo people who have banned together in this disaster to help eachother out. -ScottA

Oh Scott, I am so sorry, I guess with all the ice I did forget about you, you poor dear, you did get hit hard. My mom is out by you and she refuses to leave her house even though it is 45 degrees inside. We do have heat now, and I am glad you are okay, was there much damage to your home? I hope not with all those trees, you must be so exhausted. We went out yesterday to help our neighbors who lost 3 pine trees, and I am pooped, I can't imagine how you must feel. Do you have electric yet? I know some in your area did but many didn't. Sharen

And yes bravo to Scott to mention all the help we did get from the close and far areas, we appreciate your help. Also, I have to say my electric company did a fine fine job helping us. Sharen

Lucky for me. My house and the trees around it are untouched. Wich is amazing since they are some of the tallest ones around. RG&E restored my power late yesterday afternoon. They even put the lines back up on my house. I'm back to normal. But thousands of people are not. Including my mother who lives more towards the city. I haven't looked in my driveway yet today. I don't think I could handle it if there were more trees down today. ;-)

Oh my, this is beautiful...what a great picture Sharen

it's nice and sunny today, but tomorrow it's supposed to be sleet and rain.