Good Morning!
Another cold, blustery morning with deceiving bright sunshine accompanied by a bitterly cold NNE wind that is rearranging the fluffy two and one-half inches of new snow we got yesterday, whisking it off the trees into sparkly swirls that settle in mini drifts at the edge of our driveway. The back yard has ripples in the snow where the wind scuffed it up during the night. It's very pretty, but the wind makes it feel like below zero. My thermometer is only at 9.9 right now and the wind gusts send the chill factor down to zero and below. 
     I am having to throw the snow over the railing of the deck now - the banks have built up so there's no more shoving it under the lower rail and over the edge. The piles are about six feet deep around the deck. This morning, I had to throw it all over one end, otherwise it would blow back into my face and onto the deck, skewing my measurements - not to mention how uncomfortable that is!
     Andy Rudin sent a message yesterday that his daffodils are up three inches. Mine are under at least three feet of snow at the south end of the house where they usually come up first, and under twice that everywhere else. Spring isn't "just around the corner" here.