...I DID spend half an hour at chiselling sufficient ice off the car to make it safely drivable this morning.  Why do you ask?

Elsewhere:

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...after a noisy New Year’s eve

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First the cold, now the snow.

Supposedly 3-4 inches before it quits.  And it’s not even officially Winter yet.

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(Cell-cam photo, but whaddaya expect?)

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Crowbarring a 208-volt circuit produces a considerably brighter flash than if it had been only 120 volts.

*Blink*Blink*

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In a corner of my front yard is a forsythia bush.  It’s been there for as long as I’ve had the house, and has never been a notable bloomer.  Some springs, all I get are a few yellow leaves, followed by the usual masses of green.

This year, I’d made up my mind: No more.  Come summer, I’d yank the old bush out and replace it with something else.  So of course I would walk out the door on Saturday morning to find:

The same bush, (with a bad sun angle) this afternoon:

One of the best displays it’s ever had (though it’s still not as impressive as one down the block):

So what to do?  Give it some TLC for another year, or ruthlessly yank it and start over?

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Meanwhile, the magnolias have made their appearance almost three weeks early, and are spectacular:

And the dandelions are already blooming, meaning it’s nearly too late for this year’s crabgrass treatment.  Seems as if everything blossomed at once!

Elsewhere:

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