Winter is A-Comin'

Three weeks until Groundhog Day, and the Rookery is finally about to get socked with a real winter for Punxsutawney to predict six more weeks of, which would bring is to a grand total of nine weeks of potential winter. It's January 12, and I haven't had to salt, sand or snowblow yet this season. I've barely had to break out my heavy coat. All that is about to come to a screeching, icy, possibly sleety halt, though. According to the weather sites, which are marginally more reliable than the marmota method of weather forecast, today's 52F is going to be about the last time for the forecastable future that the Rookery is going to see the plus side of freezing.