Moderate Winter

 We are well into the winter, and while it is hardly a green season, it is moderate. We have had a number of snow storms, some heavy, and the plow has worked well (except when I tried to draw snow back from the garage doors--it came off!). After a few days of cold, we have a warmer spell and we get a chance to chip the ice off the deck. The worst so far has been -21C: a chilly night but an isolated one.