I nearly forgot that we took pictures this morning when we were out doing errands. We took pictures in lots of the usual places and that will show you a couple of things. First, St. Johnsbury and even Danville, have less snow than we have; and second, there are signs of spring along the way.

We stopped at Kathy Fenoff's in Danville to pick up the Ice-Out tickets from the Kiwanis Auction. They did a great job for us, as usual. The made a bit less this year on the auction, but there were about 175 people who bid at or above full price on items. At Kathy's, there was a big bonfire. She told us there was an old building that had to be demolished and they had also taken down some large trees around her house. She has a beautiful log home at the top of Dole Hill, built by her son, Trent, of Fenoff and Hale Construction. Kathy's home is right next to Trent's slightly larger log home.

From there we picked up tickets at St. Jay Hardware. They, too, have sold a lot of tickets for us. Caplan's said they have sold some tickets but have plenty left, so we didn't stop there on this trip. We stopped at Mayo's Furniture briefly, and then headed back home. When we stopped in West Danville, Fred was able to get some nice pictures of the brook leading out of Joe's Pond. It isn't rushing right now, but if the weather stays warm like today, and later this week we get some rain, that will no doubt change.

You can see that the water is open under the bridge, but that's about all. Like Kevin Johnson said yesterday, the narrows have opened a bit, but there's still lots of ice and snow around. Take a look at the slide show. In a few days we'll probably have some mud pictures for you . . .

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