Tuesday, 9:30 am: It’s a clear sunny day, and for northern Maine the temperature isn’t too cold. All in all it is a nice day. I have had a break today too; my outdoor chores are done, which these days, means bringing in firewood and making a few quick passes with the snowblower in our driveway. One of our dogs cleverly figured out she can now walk over the fence and into our buried [in snow] vegetable garden. I quickly remedied that by digging away the snow from the fence and putting the top out of her reach. I think she enjoys the challenge of escape and I feel like Sergeant Schultz on Hogan’s Heroes.

High snow banks by our garage

Spring is just around the corner, and by the looks of things it’s a very big corner. We still have 35 inches [88.9 cm] of snow at our snow stake, and that’s after a few days of partial melting. According to the NWS in Caribou they have had over 170 inches of snow this season. Caribou is about 37 miles south of us. I’ll go out on a limb here, and say we might have had more snow then they measured at their weather station.

Animal tracks walking over our 5 ft. high fence

Nevertheless it’s on to more culturally rewarding things; I found my Benny Hill DVD and it's time for a few hours of silliness and a few laughs. I can only listen to so many hours of Swiss Alpine music with lots of accordions, tubas, trumpets, and throw in a zither and a yodeler or two for good measure. It’s great, but I am folk “musiced” out. I need to find my Doors CD to reorient my musical sensibilities.

Cosmo, our Border Collie, today's editor

Current values from our wireless Davis Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 17.8° [F.]

Barometer: 30.466 & falling slowly

Humidity: 36%

Wind: N at 1 mph light & variable

Visibility: > 3 miles

Skies: Clear

Precipitation: None

Since midnight:

Low temperature: -3.3° [F.] at 6:21 am

High wind: 8 mph at 9:28 am