Here we are in a nice sunny day again and it's about 32 degrees. The weather didn't clear until around 9:30. When I went to take snow measurements, etc., there was still some snow in the air. Fortunately, there was a long e-mail this morning from the director of the CoCoRaHS program in Colorado explaining how to measure the snow when it's coming down mostly horizontal and drifting. My joking about getting an average dept was surprisingly just the way they do it. So we have about 10.5 in. on the ground this morning.

We are tracking Bill and Monika's flight to Johannesburg, South Africa. They got in the air about on schedule at JFK and will land some 14 hrs. later in Johannesburg, and from there will have a two hour flight to Windhoek, Namibia. We were concerned about the weather and but apparently there was no delay. It was 42 degrees at JFK when they left this morning, and 75 degrees in Johannesburg. They've gotta be happy going to that. Coming back in January may not be so pleasant . . .

Fred is doing the snow blowing routine again today. Started off badly with a pin sheared, but that's not difficult to fix, so he'll be back in business in no time. I have some new (old) material coming for the historical society sometime today, so will be busy with that, perhaps.

Tim, our mail carrier, called from the Cabot Post Office this morning to check on us. Apparently he had come by yesterday while we were still working on repairing the mailboxes, so couldn't deliver the mail and needed to know if he would be able to deliver to us and our two neighbors who share the post. That explains why we didn't get our mail yesterday, and makes me glad he didn't wimp out on account of the roads. It didn't seem likely, but we thought we had the mailboxes out again in plenty of time - a little before noon, but Tim must have been earlier than usual, having allowed extra time because of the storm. We're good now, though, and the boxes are stronger than before, we think. I'm thinking it's time to decorate them for Christmas. Perhaps a good job for today . . .