There isn't much happening here today. The temperature is staying at about 20 degrees and there's just a little snow in the air. I reported only a trace of snow to CoCoRaHS this morning. All of that is ok - we can do with a quiet day.

Fred went to recycle in Hardwick this morning, and is just now getting back. He is going to go up to check on Otto, Rico and Tilly at Jamie's. The picture above is one he took on Brickett's Crossing Road on his way out this morning. The snow is very pretty on the trees. He brought a new board to reach across the kitchen from one set of cupboards to another - so now Woody can hang out above us in the kitchen instead of always being under foot. Woody hasn't discovered it yet - he's sound asleep high on the cupboard he can access easily. We'll be interested in his reaction when he wakes up and finds something new in his upper world. This is his "walk way" - and you can see his tail hanging over the edge on the left. He will wake up around dinner time, I expect. Things are too boring for him to stay awake during these long winter days when he doesn't want to go outside.

We are expecting either a call or an e-mail from Bill and Monika. We're hoping they have been able to first, pick up Jo-Ann's new passport, and second, change their departure to an earlier date - like perhaps Thursday or Friday. It's about 7 o'clock there (noon here), so we're hoping to have something from them soon.

Yesterday when I was waiting for Fred at the bank in Danville, I took this picture of snow being cleared in a driveway. We have plenty of the white stuff - and already it's getting to be a problem getting it out of the way.