In the great “shovel or not?” debate, I am kind of not shovelling right now. It’s raining like heck, and it’s starting to ice up on everything, so some part of me thinks it just a teeny bit safer to have a bit of snow under the ice cover.

But at least we still have heat and electricity here. I saw pictures of Oklahoma and, well, wow. Ice is forming on stuff, but it’s not too thick. I will keep an eye on our birch trees and move the van if they start bending. I heard it’s pushing 50 in Boston, but we here 35 miles away aren’t so lucky. I’m guessing it’s 30 or so right now.