Where's the snow going?

It's day 51 of snow on the lawn without interruption (since Jan 2nd) - but, oh dear, it's getting patchy now. Winter is perhaps in distress. David says it's supposed to get up to 10°C tomorrow (50°F). What's that? Perhaps some early flower buds or shoots will start coming up?

This warmth allowed us to go walking in the sunshine today with friends by Lake Zug after church. The kids and their three friends got to throw about 4,731 rocks into the lake (missing the swans and ducks), and skipped some across the top of the water quite nicely. They also got to climb several different kinds of trees, and I even clambered up after they vacated the one I thought looked the best. Lots of branches for footholds and grips. A nice view from up there. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera in the car, and only had my iPhone, which takes decidedly inferior photos into the afternoon sun. But you can see the sunshine and the swan.

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I had quite a singular (I hope) experience at a restaurant today. I received a delicious vegetarian pizza with all kinds of interesting things on it, including thin carrot slices, leek rounds, and yellow bell pepper sticks. I didn't even have to ask for anything to be withheld (it didn't come with olives, onions, or artichokes, as too many veggie pizzas do for my taste). I was enjoying it tremendously for the first little while, eating bite-sized pieces with a knife and fork, until I did a double-take as parts of the plate became visible: there was a lot of broken glass scattered around on my plate underneath the pizza. Oh, not good. Don't worry, Mom, I feel fine. I stopped eating. A shame, really - it was a great pizza. We found out that the plates are stored underneath the shelf where the glasses sit. Next time I'll just ask them to hold the glass, please.

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