This is how it looked outside The Art Co-op on Thursday:

 

This is California in winter – rainy, cold. and the daffodils are in bloom! Take a look at the raging and muddy river – wow! Want to know the Number One Sin of Retail (according to my somewhat informal retail training)? It is closing early. Thursday at The Art Co-op, I sinned. Why? Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink (or flush, either).