Groundhog's Day

Coming home last night (this morning ?) was treacherous driving. I can always move along at a decent cruising speed in these conditions if it weren't for those folks who have a hard time driving in these conditions. They seem to decide to take their half of a 3 lane road in the middle, not in the middle lane mind you, because their lane seems to expand in size. And for some strange reason, if I try to pass them on either side, right or left, they manage to acquire driving skills and speed up, seemingly offended at the notion that someone would pass them in such weather. I was always taught that left lanes were passing lanes and that one should drive in the rightmost lanes. It just irks me.

I noticed that WSHU had their typical bad weather dead air and thought perhaps that Mel wouldn't wake up, which would be just as well since most of the Long Island schools had delayed openings. I guess I must have made enough noise for her to get out of bed and start the shower. At that point, I ran upstairs to let her know that CSD had a 2 hour delay. After questioning me and being satisfied as to the source of my knowledge, she resumed her repose.

Anyway, when I got up, I saw that the driveway was a sheet of ice and got my gumption together to scrape and chop. It was easy enough going since the rain had gotten underneath and undermined it; it took about 1/2 hour to clean up. I took a couple of pictures of the icicles in the front and back of the house.

The first photo is in the front. That one I measured with a 48" metal rule and by George, if that one doesn't measure 40"- some impressive icicles.

This photo is the back of the house and I'm figuring that the largest of these icicles is about 6' long. Using the siding courses for measurement, each course is about 4 1/2" wide. If you count them up, we're just about at 6'.

This all leads me to the point of my chat for the day: Happy Groundhog's Day!!! Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow today foretelling an early Spring, thank God. Anyway, Groundhog's Day is one of my most enjoyable Bill Murray films with Andie MacDowell whom I absolutely adore. I hope it will be on TV. Here's a link to the trailer:
http://www.imdb.com/rg/VIDEO_PLAY/LINK//video/screenplay/vi1957600025/

17 DAYS TO COSTA RICA!!!