Happy Valentine's Day

My roses from Jim. He'll be cooking me a nice steak for tonight.

I'm glad I did my shopping yesterday as there is a really heavy rainstorm in PS and many roads are closed due to flooding.  Jim won't be getting to his Spanish this afternoon that's for sure. Well, I have all the ingredients for Autumn soup...a perfect day to make that!

From The Desert Sun about an hour ago and the rain doesn't seem like it will be stopping anytime soon. Consider that the average yearly rainfall in PS is 5.8 inches.

The storm and atmospheric river that pounded Northern California with record snowfall on Wednesday has brought "continuous" rainfall to the Coachella Valley and surrounding areas, flooding out key roads as forecasters predict as much as a quarter-inch of rain per hour will fall throughout the day Thursday.

As of Thursday morning, North Indian Canyon Drive was closed near the wash. Other roads that will close to due flooding are Golf Club Drive, Araby Drive, El Cielo and Farrell roads, according to Palm Springs police. Water was pooling on Gene Autry Trail between Interstate 10 and Vista Chino, but the roadway had not yet been closed. 

Cathedral City Public Works will be closed, officials said via Twitter. Cathedral Canyon at the wash and Los Gatos at Date Palm Drive are closed. 

The city of Palm Springs said VillageFest, the weekly street fair on Palm Canyon Drive, was canceled due to the storm.

At Palm Springs International Airport, 1.88 inches of rain has fallen since late Wednesday.
** update on rain By 12:30, 3.1 inches of rain had fallen at Palm Springs International Airport.

Our patio...we're usually basking in the sun this time in Feb.

And some photos of around PS from The Desert Sun.

Meanwhile back home....Carol posted some very pretty pictures of snow on her blog.

http://mountdunbar.blogspot.com/2019/02/a-brief-experience-of-snow.html