Snow's return, WS Lexi, home

After the unnatural warmth, the heavy, April-shower-esque rains, and the early spring prognostications of the groundhog, to say nothing of the insanely early openings of leaves and blossoms, the weather got back to fulfilling the sober reality-check issued by the National Centers for Environmental Information, which noted, in a response to Punxsutawney Phil, that "Climatologically speaking, the three coldest months of the year are December, January, and February, so winter typically still has a bit to go." Amen. The temperature dropped below freezing and, by daybreak, the warm rain had turned to heavy snow that coated and clung to every branch and wire. Miraculously the power stayed on here, but lots of folks in town lost their lights as tree limbs crashed to earth at the height of Winter Storm Lexi. I was a little bit surprised the four inches of snow merited a name, but the damage the little storm caused was significant enough to merit WS status. In any event, Lexi was pretty enough and here, at least, left behind a fine afternoon's shoveling and cross-country skiing.