it has been raining for about five days straight but this morning the stores of heaven were empty and it was clear (or clear-er).  on my way to work i could actually see the mountains and the ocean. the clouds normally shroud them in grey but it was like little elves had created mountains over night, dusted them with snow and planted them around the city.   they had worked through the night to create a winter scape just to get ready for Christmas and that warmed my heart in the weird way that the first glimpse of snow can.