Opa Gnome heads west from Snowgnomish Country for warmer climates, though this has been fabulously beautiful, using umbrellas one day in three weeks. Sunlight on the Sound, light shining through cherry blossoms and daffodils, the ghosts of massive snow-covered mountains being revealed in late morning through the fog, lanes shaded by giant cedars and firs, wonderful visits with friends from McAllen and Des Moines, and the privilege of time with my daughter and her good husband.