Finding our way back to winter

When I let Marley out the back door so that he could chase the squirrel at the bird feeder, he made a quick left turn and hit the black ice on the deck. His body went forward, but all four feet went sideways. By the time he regained traction, the squirrel was mocking him from a tree far away.

Half of our yard is snow-free. The other half, sheltered from the sun, has, at most, four or five inches of wet-pack snow. We had thunderstorms with downpours yesterday, but the temperature stayed in the 30s, so there wasn't much more melting. We're closer to normal temperatures now. The forecast indicates that we might have a good-sized storm starting tomorrow night and through the day on Monday.

Happy Birthday, Krista.