Well, the weather this week hasn’t really eased up.  We had a large dump of snow on Sunday night – probably around 6 inches – and we have had high pressure (stable) weather since then.  So there is still a lot of snow on the ground.  The good news is that rain is forecast for the weekend.  Did I just say good news? A couple of weeks ago, I wouldn’t have believe that I was looking forward to rain at the weekend.  However, on this occasion, it means the end of the snow!