128 detour

I took Margaret to work in Salem in this mornings (yet another) snow storm – her car was being serviced – and we passed this car; the owner had apparently tried to make their own exit from highway 128 (which is the “inner Boston ring road”, the primary way to get from Gloucester to basically anywhere!):
January 28 - 128 Detour.jpg

(I think the driver was fine; the car was cleared by the time I passed back on the way to my work)

Icicles

The snows are mostly still around – it was nearly always well below freezing while I was in California last week; but a strong sun did some melting, that quickly froze again! Here are icicles dripping off rocks on my way to work: