Not much melting going on today, but the temperature did get up to about 45, so things have slowed down and flooding should recede somewhat.   This is the channel this morning - frozen over where there had been pools of water.  It was quite cold last night - in the teens again - but by noon, there were open spots again.  The big pond still seems to be very solidly frozen, however. 

 On one weather report today we heard the weather will be too cold for the next few days for sap to run and lots of sugar makers are giving up saying it's been a barely "average" crop and because it's getting late in the season they feel the weather will turn warm too quickly and that will taint the syrup.  That's in the Lake Champlain area, I expect; I think in our area it will may be another week or two before it's warm enough for the buds to start and thus taint the syrup.

We had a service call on our boiler this morning - this was the service man's assistant waiting in the truck.  His name is "Deet."  He's a weimaraner.  We didn't actually meet him, but he looks like a really nice dog.  Woody was very interested, and was the focus of Deet's attention when this picture was taken.  

We learned yesterday that Don Sherwood's brother, Bob, passed away on April 3.  He was 72.  Don and Diane's address is:  26 Kings Ln., Southhampton NY 11968.   I'm sure Don will appreciate hearing from friends at this sad time.