Bob and I checked out the first snowfall at Thicut. Alas, I forgot the camera! About an inch of wet snow, grass still poking through and driveway dry. we spent about an hour and:

• checked the house
• furnace 5/8 full: house at 50 degrees, dining room is at 48 with all doors/kitchen door/curtain closed
• cut down three small birch trees around the old cedar tree (I'll get pix next time)
• hauled the brush and cut the trunks for sweet smelling firewood: does anyone remember chewing on birch bark? that's what the fresh cut smell of these trees reminded me of!
• borrowed ARM's bag of history to try to scan for you to see.