Yucky

About 2" of snow overnight, followed by sleet and freezing rain. Wife remains uncertain as to whether she will attempt attendance at work today. I am unlikely to visit the pigeon loft project to check on developments there. Pavement surfaces reflect several days of overnight temperatures well below zero...

Winter in Maine -- often neither fish nor fowl nor good red meat.

Two steps foreward, one step back

Well, cleared the driveway and walk and cars, with some thawing and bare pavement. Then the city snowplow rumbled by. Throwing slush ten or fifteen feet, up the driveway, over the walk, six inches deep...

Shoveled out again, drove downtown, pigeon loft visit. Hey, they almost have _heat_ in the building now! They've also cleaned some brickwork that will be exposed in the finished units, raising severe questions about "They don't build them like that anymore." Drunken mason? Brick courses look like swayback mules, finally brought back to true by thicker mortar lines...

Occasional spits and spots of snow, but the weather radar looks like we're done for this round. Next comes the wind and plunging temperatures, with black ice overnight and in the morning.