Thaw and melt. Upper forties around here with a spanking wind from the south.

While Sue was about her visits, also down south, I worked on the big, two-stage snowblower our neighbor Kathy was throwing out (before I rescued it). Changed the oil, greased the bearings, fixed the one flat tire, adjusted the the adjustments; and now it runs like a Foreverspin top.

Which puts me in a difficult position. I want a really big snow so that I can test its mettle, but then snow and iceboating don't go together at all. Today's big melt may have Zambonied the small and medium lakes, so once again there's hope. And the big lakes remain open, awaiting the next dose of really cold cold.

Which may be coming. Today's spanking wind began veering this afternoon from south to north-west, and the the thermometer has been falling fast.

Thinking about it, snowblower vs. iceboat—nolo contendere.