No sign of soft water yet on the pool but at least I can see where it is which is an improvement on a month ago when it wasn't even a dip in the snow surface. Hopefully there'll be no dead bodies when it thaws - I locked the gates all Winter to keep the meter readers out as there was absolutely no way to tell where the pool began and the walkway ended.
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I haven't even bothered to check out my local paddling lake. The local waterways are moving along briskly, much too brisk to even think about paddling there and the chunks of ice would add a whole new meaning to whitewater-kayaking. There's melting going on but it's slow this year, just as well with the amount of snow we had.

I did empty the fuel tank of the snowthrower a couple of days ago, but I'm not going to put it away just yet as there are a "few flurries" forecaste for next week and an almighty dip in the temperature; they're usually right forecasting the bad stuff! Wish I'd bought shares in a ski resort. As for starting the lawnmower, that seems a distant dream still.

First Spring job this year will be to fix the roof; ice pulled half our eavestroughing along with fascia and soffit. Just in time to spend my yearly retirement fund payout . . .

Moan, bitch, complain, mutter . . .