Kind of rare, here in Texas is sleet.  The city suspended services for the occasion, and school appeared to be out.

 Although it was above freezing at our level, it must have bee colder up in the air, because, as sure as anything, the ice was falling.  We could hear it pinging against the windows, and we could see it on the railing above.   Surprisingly, these narcissus do not seem to mind it at all.  They appear to be uninjured, and retain their fresh quality!  Personally, I am very glad that I can stay inside today.  I only walked up and down the south-facing front steps while holding on to the railing.  The back steps had visible ice on them.    A friend of mine fell on a frozen, slippery place in the freezing winter of 2009, and was crippled and in pain for months afterwards.   So I am staying in, and as this weather is so rare here, I am enjoying the contrast between the warmth inside, and the miserable cold outside, enormously!