We were back in winter most of today.  There was a little warmth to the sun this afternoon, and a few bare spots showed up, but the wind was bitterly cold and tonight the temperature is going to be in the teens.  That will slow down the melting/flooding, but it may also do some damage if it freezes around docks or boat houses.  We can't do much about it - just hope the water recedes gradually so things don't get torn apart.

I have to say, it was a little discouraging to find everything white this morning.  We were warned we'd get snow - we're "the higher elevations" for sure; but we've had enough winter, and that short taste of spring was such a teaser, it takes a strong constitution not to run screaming down the muddy roads protesting the insult of more snow.  This was the scene from my office window this morning.  Sharon on WCAX weather tonight said we've had a complete seasonal changeover in the past four days - from winter to spring to summer and today back to fall.  From the high 70s to overnight lows in the low 20s is quite a spread.  Add to that the wind, and the weather qualifies as "wicked cold."

The pond is up about a foot, I'm guessing - perhaps a bit more.  There will be more flooding as the 2-3 inches of snow we got last night begins to melt in earnest.  There's quite a bit of open water in both the smaller ponds, but that will likely freeze over at least temporarily again tonight.  

Water is gushing over the dam full tilt, but the opening just isn't wide enough to keep up with all the water that's coming into the pond from the hillsides.  Fred and I were at the dam this morning and Fred got pictures which I've put into a slide show.  The north wind was so cold we didn't linger long in West Danville.  That's not news to the folks who live there or come to the store and post office.  People who stopped ran clutching their coats and holding their hats to get to the store as quickly as possible.  Leaving required bending into the wind to keep one's balance and squinting against the stinging snow blowing off roofs and down the highway.  I think the wind chill was close to zero.  Not a lovely spring day by any stretch of the imagination.