It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

At least 8 inches of snow today. Heavy, damp snow. Good for snowballs and snowmen. Bad for shovelling, bad backs. Also bad for stupid people who use snowblowers, who stick their fingers into the machine to clear the compacted snow after they shut off the engine. Vincent, my hand-surgeon friend from S'pore, saw a lot of mangled hands here last winter.

One UGLY snowman. Believe it or not, he's wearing a real Armani tie. Was one of my favourite ties, until I was stupid enough to not believe the washing instructions. DRY CLEAN ONLY. Yeah, right, I thought. And totally ruined it.

Snow angel. Don't think the harp and halo's convincing anyone though.