It is indeed good to see my observations amuse you my dear Hobbit. But I suppose the other Marsh-Wiggles will be talking again.
Anyhow. We were reminded again the God has a bit of humor this morning. About 9 am we had near white-out conditions. about two inches fell in an hours time. But then promptly melted by about noon. Not that I am complaining mind you, we need the water being we are under a burning ban. But how it was delivered left many rather dumbfounded.
Tomorrow is another story. Appears we are to have perfect weather fo going out-and-about. Sunny, and in the 60sF. Looks like I will be able to open my shop doors after long last, and enjoy some fresh air whilst working on the current project.
ILF. What sort of nuts, and fruit? We have several hereabouts, and some enjoy harvesting for additions to the pantry.

I've seen some online pictures of the snow back in Minnesota, and it's hard to imagine given the weather we had here yesterday: around 60F and clear - a great day for a picnic on the beach! Today brought the type of weather Seattle is known for: much cooler with rather light rain much of the afternoon and evening.

Question: is it safe to take a bath or shower during a thunderstorm? Can a person be struck by lightning inside a house? I took a shower during a storm this morning; I heard the thunder but nothing happened to me.

IF lightning strikes your house, it can in fact travel through your plumbing lines and electrocute you, yes. Having said that, this person here takes showers during storms on occasion as that's often the only chance I have. But I live in an area where there are tons of tall trees around so I doubt it'll hit my house.

Well, our lovely Kansas spring has been one of the best I've remembered in a long time. Not too hot, not too cold, and the right amount of storms and rain.
Today is positively gorgeous. It is 72F with lots of sun, a few clouds and not too much wind. I have a good number of windows in the house opened.
Speaking of which, I've been able to turn the heat AND the A/C off for a few days. Hooray for saving money!

When I left Seattle yesterday morning it was about 68F and sunny.

When I woke up this morning, it was snowing and windy in Minnesota, with a wind chill around 20F.

What a difference a day (and a change in location) makes.

stargazer. How much fun we are having in Minnesnowtah Yah?
Went to do a little food supply run, and no sooner finished my shopping, walked out to find near white out conditions. I almost panicked, and started looking around for the White Witch.
This would not be really so unbearable were it not for the wind. We have had gusts into 30mph.
There is a glimmer of hope on the horizon. From what the weather "experts" are saying, we might get into the 60's F next week.

Not too hot, not too cold, and the right amount of storms and rain. ... I have a good number of windows in the house opened.

Very nice! And I, too, love having the windows open on fresh days. There were a couple of days a week ago or so when the temps were right around 70F with a gentle breeze, so grabbed the chance and aired out the house: beautiful! Not today, however, as it is currently snowing (!!) and just above freezing. April 22nd. Yeah.

Wow, stargazer! Well, they say variety is the spice of life.

I haven't seen the White Witch around here, Friend Wiggle, but someone's sending the snow, that's for sure. We could have further (non-accumulating) 'white rain' tomorrow, then up to seasonal temperatures (13C/55F) by Friday and over the weekend, with more and more sun. Yard work'll be calling again.

/edit/ For the first time on the radio today, I heard them use that very odd word, "graupel". That's partly what has been falling here today and tomorrow is predicted for the same. In fact, we could even get some accumulation overnight as the temperatures drop and the precipitation (or graupel ) continues to fall!

Had to post again: on my walk last evening, it was 'graupel-ing' heading westward, with the wind was quite strong. Turning back eastward to home, a gorgeous dark cloud-mass came up suddenly, and I was caught in the midst of a large and somewhat energetic snow squall. Big flakes and lots of them whipping every which way. The wind was at my back now, which helped, but the visibility for a time was almost nil. Very, very pretty and also kinda weirdly exciting being in the centre of it for awhile.

We woke up to snow cover this morning, which has gone from grassy areas now, but is still lingering on the fields. And it's only 0°C, with a wind chill. What an interesting few days. As I said elsewhere, this is why we here should not be planting anything until around May 24th: there is still a possibility of snow for awhile (although that is quite improbable in May, though not unheard of), but definitely frost can still come at night in May for the first few weeks.

The poor robins and daffodils are so confused today!

We're looking at our own stormy night and day tomorrow. One tornado on the ground currently in Colorado heading into Kansas. Should be an interesting next few hours.

In other news, did anybody see the picture of the quadruple rainbow?
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/21/us/new-yo ... e-rainbow/
So gorgeous.

That is an amazing picture fantasia_kitty. I have seen triple rainbows,but never a quadruple.
Snowcover is still sporatic here my dear Hobbit. What falls lasts for only an hour in the most shadowed areas. We expect some early morning, and possibly into the day, but it should be gone by midday.
As for planting, and such, I hope to have things going once the weatherfolks make up their minds. On the bright side, our roses seem to be greening up well, and the tulips are already near blooming.

The above mentioned storms didn't amount to anything where I live. In fact, I'm not sure we even got any rain. Maybe a little bit. The severe storms were in northern KS, but they didn't have tornadoes. Earlier in the day, Scott City KS did get a triple tornado (the one I mentioned above....didn't realize it was it was a triple), and here's a picture.

http://interactives.woodtv.com/photomoj ... tornadoes/

@Jo, it was ALMOST a quadruple tornado *Winkwink*

We've been continuing to enjoy lovely weather here. It's been almost a perfect spring with gorgeous temps and rain coming at the right time. It'll warm up to the mid 80Fs by the end of the week and that's usually when I have to flip on the AC but it's been nice not having to run heating or AC for days now.

Great rainbow picture!

Lovely weather here as well...perhaps one of the best of the spring. Temps ranging from 60-70F (though 80 appears over the weekend), with clear skies and low winds and humidity (a cookout is definitely on today's docket).

The trees are beginning to burst out with green (quite a contrast to the lush "mature" green I enjoyed in Seattle earlier this month) - which means tree pollen counts here are off the scale. *sneezes*

We have loads of rain in the forecast throughout the week starting tonight. In fact, we're in a flood watch. I can't remember the last time that happened. There was quite a line of storms through northern KS yesterday and some of my friends up there posted pics of street flooding on FB. The next few days will be interesting.

There's rain in our forecast as well, with a summer-type thunderstorm pattern setting up.

We enjoyed a couple campfires this past weekend, though one with Ryadian's family on Sunday was cut short by a fast-moving thunderstorm that dropped some heavy rain and pea-sized hail. (Areas near here reported golf-ball sized hail and I saw an estimate that over 100,000 homes - and lots of cars - may have suffered hail damage from this storm).