CBC Ottawa is promising Snowmageddon, but Environment Canada is forecasting a mere 15 cm at most for eastern Ontario. Edmund put the small shovel in the car when he headed out to work this morning, and that's probably more of a good luck charm than a necessary precaution.

All the same, I'll take my spiked stick when I go to the fishmonger's this afternoon. The lumps of ice on the sidewalks are a real menace to pedestrians at the best of times, and potentially lethal when covered with fresh snow.