In spite of the rain slated for this afternoon, the weather has improved.  We are over thirty degrees warmer this morning than we were yesterday morning when we brushed with freezing temperatures for the first time this season.

It is hard to complain about the thirties when you are in the sixties the next morning.  It would almost seem ungrateful to complain about our temperatures when you have places like Edmonton, Alberta enduring -49F while we are at 64F at 9 AM in the morning.  My math tells me that Edmonton is 113 degrees colder than we are.

When I opened the garage door to head out for the newspaper this morning, warm air rushed into the garage.  It was warm enough that I left the garage door open when I came back from the mailbox.

Yesterday's close call did some damage to my tomato plant which still has a couple of tomatoes working towards breaking my December 17 record for last tomato pulled.

Our banana plant did not seem to be harmed. The flowers on our lantana in the front bed look a lot worse after the cold snap, but the pansies seem to just be hitting their growth stride.

After showing some property yesterday, we drove out Coast Guard Road to check on the flooding.  All the water is gone from Coast Guard Road itself, but we did see a couple of side streets where there was still some water.

There was a bull dozer working on the point, but I did not take the time to get a picture.

My rain gauge is empty so I guess we are as ready as ever for the stream of precipitation headed our way.  I would rather have rain than -49F temperatures.

It is nice to have a break already from the winter which I had just announced.  Our cat seems to be taking the weather variations in stride.