High tides (when the moon was full) in the cold weather leaves ice layers where the Essex river overflows; now at lower tides the ice is left to slowly melt …
The ugly side of Snow
Lots of snow so far this winter means lots of plowing and gritting, and more recent warmer weather and stronger sun means the grit laden snow piles are getting ugly and dirty … until we get a heavy rain storm, these piles remain to make the side of the road look dreary!
Twisty badges
TwistyBitz (run by my friend Robert Ballard) has offered various interesting items over the years (including some great “GP” Tshirts that I regularly wear); now Robert is trying a line of magnetic badges – or fridge magnets, as I think of them!
It’s taken a while for him to get the quality where he wants it, but I received this over the weekend, and I particularly like the “50th” one 🙂
M&I / GBMINI 