A view out our front door, across the street.

Came home from shopping for our Christmas eve meal to discover this rainbow appearing forward of the trees on the left with a hint of a double appearing top left. Late afternoon sun as it nearly drops behind the mountain behind us frequently catches the falling rain. The gray background is a bank of clouds over the ocean.

Check out the tall grass and catch a glimpse of an entire car being eaten up by the mountain.

A parent took their pickup to the top of Mauna Kea, here on the Big Island in order to bring a load of snow down to our school, 13,000 ft below. Some of our elementary children had never been able to pick up snow in their hands before. They were giddy with laughter.

So, as you become more and more bothered by this winter's snows, please remember the gift of snow.

See if you can spot the radio telescopes on the horizon in the middle pic.