Good Morning!

This came from Steve and Bev Allen this morning --

FYI - An ice-out contest from our son Doug's local weekly. Looks like they just ask for Month/day and then have a drawing...Link

Thanks for sending that, Steve. I wonder if this is the first time they've done this? That is an interesting way to decide when the ice is "out" of the pond. Seems as if it's just a fun thing, not to benefit a lake organization or anything.

Today is sunny and beautiful to look at, but there's still a cold wind and my thermometer is reading about 19 degrees, in the shade. On the other side of the house some of the icicles are dripping, so the sun is warming things a bit. We have a couple of new business cards on the web site under "services." Our neighbor, Tim Greaves came by this morning to drop off his card. Tim is an electrician and lives on Rt. 215, so he's handy by.

P.S. - yesterday was NOT the last day Fred would need to snowblow the driveways. There were drifts here and there that he needed to clear away this morning. I keep thinking about what Dave Parker said yesterday on the radio about making ice, not melting it - we could have gained another inch or so in the past couple of days. By the way, have you listened to Dave's two radio show interviews? Both are now posted on the left side of home page on www.joespondvermont.com