Good afternoon GH.  Well, it is nearly 3:00 PM, so I thought that good afternoon seemed appropriate.  I had an extended session with the heavy wet snow this AM, and so, my shoulders are achy.  Surprisingly, my back is not.  Go figure.  Currently, the desktop temperature is 36 degrees, so the areas where I removed the snow are showing signs of melting.  However, the skies are still leaden in color, and they look like more snow is possible. In fact, we will have to wait until Friday for the chance of precipitation to drop below 50%.  Plus, we will have to wait until later next week to see temperatures consistently above the freezing mark.  Sadly, Sugar the Weather Dog didn't get a walk this morning, because there was/is too much snow on the sidewalks.

My modified snowblower worked great.  The discharge chute rotated freely, and the deflector I made for the space that used to clog with snow worked as I'd hoped.  My clamping bolt also worked as I'd hoped. However, this snow was wet and heavy whereas the previous snow(s) were light and fluffy due to the colder temperatures.  So, I really didn't get an accurate test.  Like I always seem to be saying, time will tell.

I am working on another novel, one that is technically due today.  I hope to finish it tonight.  Then, I can return it in the AM as I walk Sugar the Weather Dog.  Maybe the library folks won't notice, since they can't expect it to be returned until midnight tonight, technically, which means that they couldn't check it in until tomorrow.  Gosh I love the word, technically.

I don't have further plans for today.  I got the snowblower "parts" down into the man-cave.  They are just like the current snowblower, light.  So before Mary freaks out, it didn't require too much effort. I plan to drink a bit of that wine Mary got the other day, and that will put me in a righteous frame of mind as I read that novel.

Sorry, no pictures. I just didn't feel like it.  Sometimes, to borrow from Dirty Harry Calahan, "A man's got to know his limitations."  I didn't fell lucky today.  So, until next time, Ciao.