February Thaw

The weather has really been strange the last couple of days. Yesterday, it warmed up into the 40s. We even had a brief thunderstorm move through. It was nothing spectacular, but it did get me thinking of spring. Today, it's cloudy and very windy. We've had sustained winds of 38 mph with some gusts reaching near 50 mph.

The warm air is causing a lot of the snow to melt. It's almost like last spring when we had the really bad seepage problems in our basement. This time, there was a nice stream of water running far enough away from the house that it shouldn't be a problem...and the window well in our back basement room isn't all full of water. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that the landscaping and sump pump system will prevent anything like last spring.

Puff is continuing to go downhill a bit. There have been times when we've had to poke her to see if she's still alive, and then there are days like today where she's doing her best to keep up on her daily routine. I think she's quickly coming to the end of her road though, but she seems to be hanging in there and doing her cat things with no apparent pain or stress.