This will give you an idea of how much snow has gone and how much is still left to melt and run into Joe's Pond. The top photos are the big field where the horses are. This area faces north, towards Rt. 15. Across the valley, on the Rt. 15 side of the pond, you can see there is a lot of bare ground.

Fred went below the culvert to take the picture of one of the brooks that flows from Cabot Plain, and then took a shot of the upper side of the road where the brook cuts through the snowbanks so you can see there's still lots of snow in the woods and on the north facing slopes.

The sun was warm today - even the breeze felt warm. Last night the temperature was below freezing, but I'm not sure it will get that cold tonight. We're hoping it does so the mud will be frozen enough so we can get out tomorrow to do some grocery shopping. We're afraid if we wait until the weekend the roads could be worse. We've been told Brickett's Crossing Road going to Walden Heights is still pretty good, but the best way for people on this side of the pond to get out is to go over the Plain to Rt. 215 and to Cabot or Walden Heights. That's a big surprise. Usually the road from the Plain into Cabot is worse than others. We'll see how it goes. You can bet we'll take our mud boots in the car with us tomorrow, just in case we have to leave the car somewhere and walk through the mud. That hasn't happened for a number of years, but there have been mud seasons in the past that really held us captive for a week or so.