Water - In the Powder Form

It snowed about six inches in St Paul, nine inches in surrounding suburbs, according to various weather sites. I took these pictures in the early morning before the strong April sun made the white stuff turn to water. That is warm sunshine, about the same strength as September 10.



Both of these photos were taken in my backyard. This is the fence between me and my neighbor.


The curling playdowns were tonight. We were in serious jeopardy of winning the game for a while. After six ends of an eight end game we were up 7-3. We were curling without Wireless, but the other members of the team were pretty much in the zone up until then. In the seventh end we gave up three points when a unlucky carom went astray. Then they scored two in the eighth end to win by one. I had the last stone and missed by a couple of inches on an attempt to get closer to the button than their last shot. So the season ends. Spring can now begin.

My favorite April Fool's Story for this year. The people who make "Butterfinger" candy bars put out a press release announcing that the 80 year old name of the candy was being changed to "The Finger." So, give someone you know "The Finger" for Valentine's Day.

Unky Herb had another bike ride in his parka this evening. The temp was 40 degrees by the thermometer in his green Corolla, but the sky was bright and the roads nearly clear of the snow that fell last night. It's time for biking to begin.

No organized athletics for me tomorrow. Maybe I'll find some low impact activity to get ready for my next tennis outing on Thursday. Napping, perhaps.