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Another river of rain event hit California and while much of the brunt of the storm was to our south, we still received a lot of rain. Here is a look at the Gualala River on Wednesday March 8, before the river of rain event. Kind of peaceful looking, wouldn't you agree?

The river is emptying by a horizontal channel, something is does occasionally but not often. There is a huge snag caught on the sandbar. A friend told me it looked like a big teeter-totter.

Thursday a big storm hit, bringing copious rain to the watershed of the Gualala River. On Friday afternoon I took these two photos of the raging river.

Much of the sandbar is underwater and I'm betting some of it has been washed away. That big snag is still on the sandbar though. We'll see if it remains or if it is finally swept to sea.

We have more rain headed our way beginning tonight. Monday especially is forecast to be heavy rain with another river of rain event. What a winter!

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Amy Ruegg spotted these Stream Violets in riotous bloom.

And delicate Calypso Orchid.

The wildflowers know spring is coming! Thanks to Amy for allowing me to share her photos with you here.

Sunny one moment, then driving rain and hail the next. It actually hailed so much in Point Arena last night, that it looked like snow, even at the Point Arena Pier. I'll be sharing some of those photos soon.

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Peggy Berryhill tried to tell me she had a snowy Owl in her garden. Snowy Owls are white and are found in the Arctic. But a stone owl with snow on it - yes, Peggy had a snowy Owl.

Craig Tooley photographed an American Robin in the snow. The robin didn't seem to mind it.

Michael Reinhart photographed a Snowy Plover at Doran Beach, Sonoma County. Okay, the bird isn't in snow, but I had to include it because of its  name!

Thanks to Peggy, Craig and Michael for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

It was very cold Monday morning and it sleeted a bit at Rick's and my place in Anchor Bay. At higher elevations it snowed again overnight. After morning showers, the sun appeared and passing clouds made for interesting sky-watching.

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I had to laugh at Jon Shiu's photo. It looks like the Great Blue Heron is chastising the Raven.

Common Ravens and GBH's are year round residents of the Mendonoma Coast.

Thanks to Jon for allowing me to share his photo with you here.

There was .50 inches in my rain gauge from last night, 49.50 season to date. It's a wait-five-minutes type of day - sunshine, hail, sunshine, rain - and it's only 41 degrees early this afternoon.

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Neil Silverman took this photo a week ago, a beautiful sunset with storm clouds and sunbeams streaming out below. They are sometimes call God's rays or God's beams.

These beams are so wonderful to see. Thanks to Neil for allowing me to share his photo with you here. To learn more about Neil and Susan's photography, including upcoming workshops, here is the link to their website: https://silvermansphotography.com/

It poured this morning and then the sun broke through. Now clouds are streaming in for round two of the current storms headed our way. Heading for 50 inches season to date!