And now the ice is gone...

And we couldn't be happier!

But it was only a week or so ago that we were dealing with icy "pot-holes" in the road--spots where the salt had accumulated and melted out a crater. It took several minutes to drive up our street at 5 mph, to avoid hitting the holes too hard, or hitting the bottom of the car on the high spots.

There were areas of town where you didn't have to steer your car at all--with twin parallel ruts all you had to do was apply gas or brake. In fact, it was like driving a car at an amusement park with the wheels on a track so you can't stray. The ones on our street weren't quite so kind. The worst part was that all of this could have been avoided if the snow plows would have come while the ice was soft (when it first fell), instead of waiting for it to freeze really hard.A purchase of a potted plant helped me hold on. Spring has to come sometime!