Swing down

Bob and I checked Thicut today. It's a sunny 15 degrees out. We've had several small snow storms in the last couple 3 weeks. Rene Desjardins has plowed twice. He reported pine branches down this last time from the VERY heavy wet snow last weekend. And sure enough, Aunt Gina's white pine by the driveway has several large branches that Rene moved out of the way. But the big news:
The branch of the maple tree in the back yard with the swing is DOWN. Here are pictures:

The branch took the cherry (crabapple?) tree down with it. Bob thinks there may be a bit that will live, but it looks pretty destroyed. 

All else inside the house is fine - the power was off at some point, but furnace, etc all working - we reset the clocks and timers; a dead mouse in the upstairs toilet (EEEUUUWWW), oil still about 5/8ths, the phone answering machine is full, but when I listened to a sampling, there were no messages, just silence. I can erase them all next time if you want. 

And Spring IS coming, next week should see 45 degrees and rain one day.