Wintertime on California's Central Coast.

Winter on California's Central Coast!

Winter of 2001 brought California snow levels a bit lower than usual.
The Central Coast had snow below 2000 feet.
The hills were covered with a pure white mantle of snow for weeks,
bringing delight to local people who traveled to the hills for winter snow fun!

Stevie Nicks: Landslide
I took my love, I took it down,
Climbed a mountain and I turned around,
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills,
'Till the landslide brought me down.


Oh, mirror in the sky,
What is love,
Can the child within my heart rise above,
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides,
Can I handle the seasons of my life.


Well, I've been afraid of changing,
'Cause I've built my life around you,
But time makes you bolder,
Even children get older,
And I'm getting older too.


Take my love, take it down,
Climb a mountain and turn around,
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills,
Well the landslide'll bring it down.


If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills,
Well the landslide'll bring it down.

Snow in the Sierra Madres.

Snow on the Sierra Madre Mountains,
Central Coast of California
Although mountains belong to the nation,
mountains really belong to people who love them.
When mountains love their master,
such a virtuous sage or wise person enters the mountains.
Since mountains belong to the sages and wise people who live there,
trees and rocks become abundant,
and birds and animals are inspired.
This is so because sages and wise people extend their virtue.
You should know...
it is a fact...
that mountains are fond of wise people and sages.


Zen Master Dogen,
'Moon in a Dewdrop'

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