All's well at Thicut. It's been COLD so the heat's been on: oil tank reads just over 3/8ths.

Here's the picture of the snake skin!!!

More snow fell this past week! Glastonbury got about 5 inches, it looked like a similar amount could have fallen at Thicut. But it's been 40-50 degrees for the last few days and now mostly melted. The road was plowed.

• Other than the snow, it's been a warm week: barely a change in the oil tank level!
• However, on my way to go back up the cellar stairs, I saw  the tail end of a SNAKE SKIN hanging from the ceiling between the outside cellar door and the stairs!!!! What a shock. I didn't notice it on the way down. It was 1-2 inches in diameter. That's one reason there is NO evidence of mice in the house!
• I watered the plants, and checked all the lights/timers.
• Bob let the J. Deere run for a bit to keep the battery/motor in shape.
• Very cold weather on the way, so the weathermen say.

January 9th:
Visited Thicut:

• road is plowed and snow is melting (we had about a foot of snow after new year's!)
• LOTS of deer tracks all around the house! Most of them going to and from the field to the pond!?
• oil tank at 1/2
• watered plants
• no evidence of mice either by smell or turds YAY
• pond completely frozen, but a thaw is on its way tomorrow for a few days.
• only vehicle tracks are from the plow and probably hunter vehicles which only go to the brook path turnaround.