I have been pretty busy today and somewhat distracted. Fred had his operation this morning at 6 a.m. and is doing very well. Now I can relax a bit. I'm back at our mini-apartment at Neely House with a big slice of pizza for my supper and hopefully won't need to budge from here until nine or so tomorrow morning. 
    I've had photos from Diane Rossi today, and here they are. The snow they got at Joe's Pond Sunday night seems to be pretty well melted, but Jamie wrote this afternoon that the potholes along West Shore Road are increasing in number and depth. He also mentioned "six or eight inches of snow" they had to deal with. That is more than was reported on the weather at WCAX, but whatever amount they got, it was too much. Here in Boston we are expecting 80 degrees tomorrow. People are saying they have gone from winter to instant summer. 
     Diane pointed out that the ice is getting darker all the time, and that means it's weakening. So far the flag is still flying.
     My friend, Mary Whitcomb asked me last night how many peopled had May dates in the Ice-Out Contest. We didn't have that information, but I got in touch with Henretta Splain, our data specialist, and she came back with the answer right away - 1,320. Mary said she and her son both have dates in May. We now know this is going to be a May Ice-Out date for sure, so we wish all those folks luck. One or more will surely be a winner. We'll keep you posted - it should happen soon!