Have a safely interesting and healthy drive, S.

Small yard tasks accomplished today: though the soil in the front is like un-worked clay (or whatever Dorothy would call the state of the stuff that has to be kneaded before it's usable), I used a small mattock and dug up several bucket's full of the misplaced soil (from last year's sewer work) and dumped it into the most recent excavation area next to the faucet after the water leak repair. There is a lot more to do but that one spot particularly bugged me. I had dead plants out there that never go into the backyard compost (datura and dogs don't mix) so I cut the dry limbs into a grocery bag for the trash. And while I was at it I cut down the now-dead asparagus in the corner. That can go to the compost. And the thing on my list that I forgot last month, two large spineless prickly pear cactus segments are going to my hairdresser tomorrow. Good thing cactus keeps. It was sitting on the side of the driveway catching dry leaves as they drift through the yard.

Is everyone else snowed in at this point? I'm not asking to gloat - I enjoy occasional snow and get it rarely.