The snow comes and goes. The cold comes and goes. Our weather fluctuates, day by day, week by week. At least we’re having some real winter weather this year, some of the time.

January 30, 2013... The ice is breaking up.

January 31, 2013...
(11:00 A.M.) Be sure to enlarge this one. Can you believe, buds on the tree and snowflakes in the sky!

(5:30 P.M.) This photo is a bit blurry, but it gives you a look at the rising (spreading) Chemung River. This is what happens when the ice and snow melt.