WINTER RETURNED WITH THE

lowering of wings:

When those wings lifted off the tarmac last Saturday morning at LAX (that's Los Angeles Airport, Dear Russian Reader), I murmured, 

"Goodbye, goodbye, California. Parting is such sweet sorrow;
but, alas, I've got to say goodbye til it be Morro (Bay [again])!"

En route home, I took photos of snow and clouds and icy rivers.

And, Dear Reader, when those airplane wings lowered us to the ground at dinnertime (and at the end*), the weather could only be described as Cold and Dreary!**













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*The end of our flight.  Our trip.  Our vacation.  Our sliver of summer!



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**The temperature was 39 degrees (Fahrenheit).  So I suppose that around here (i.e. home) that weather could also be described as An Improvement!