hail.

It hailed yesterday. Hail. Like frozen rain. In February. In California fer chrissakes! I mean, it was nice as "teaching moments" go since me and the big kid had JUST gotten through reading about how it hailed in some city somewhere in North Dakota over the weekend and she was wondering what exactly hail was and I couldn't quite explain the concept of rain that was frozen yet still somehow wasn't snow and it was especially nice because we got to bundle up and sit on the porch and watch it come slamming down... but still. Hail.