The storm has finally passed. It is just cloudy now and hovering around the freezing point. Yesterday we got about 4 inches of snow, topped off with ice pellets, then a crust of freezing rain. What a mess. Our dogs were slithering around on the ice this morning. It is supposed to get into the 50's f. on Saturday, so that should help to start melting all this. It is also supposed to be fairly mild all week, so I hope we will start to see the gardens emerge soon!