41! break out the shorts, it's a heat wave.

This morning we awoke to much warmer temperatures and about 2 inches of snow. Thankfully, no ice or sleet. The snow was pretty easy to remove if you went out early. I only wore my blue hjacket and gloves. That's pretty much naked after the last couple weeks.

At two I headed out for my walk. I contemplated not wearing the jacket. Water was pouring off the porch roof, it was 41 degrees. Around the side of the house the huge icicles were growing larger and there was a steady stream of water coming down. At first I though a pipe had broke.

Today I went down and up the hill, out Seneca by the old house, down 4th to Broadway.

Many people had removed the snow. But more than enough did not. By that time it was two inches of wet slush. The water was pooling and pouring over the sidewalks. The intersections felt like lakes. Clearly people do not open drains. (Tonight the arctic freeze is supposed to come back. It will be a skating rink in the morning. Goody.)

My shoes were plenty wet by this point so I decided to head up Brodhead. Most of those properties are owned by the university so they should be shoveled. And they were.

The stairs were also shoveled so I took them up to 8th street. Lydia left her camera here and I've been using it all day to work on my portfolio. (I'm not happy with any of the pieces. They are old and too similar. It feels like I've been doing this for a week, not 40 years. If you have a suggestion let me know.)

I came out 8th to Wyandotte. that's where I noticed the Night Before Christmas. It appears they decorated for Halloween, then added Christmas touches. I'll watch to see when the Easter Bunny arrives.

It was easy to cross Wyandotte today. I only went as far as Sioux, then home.