New England Weather

It's true what they say about New England weather - if you dont like what you see, wait a minute!
On Tuesday I headed to my retreat in New Hampshire since I had not been there this year.  It was 8 degrees when I arrived at noon.  The wind chill was well below zero.  The snow pile in my driveway was at least eight feet high, and hard enough I could walk on it.  The rest of my driveway had at least three feet all the way down.
I managed to wade my way to my shed.  The lock was not frozen, and the snowblower did kick over fairly easily.  But the wind was so cold that the snow that melted on my machine froze the chute in place.  I tried to move it manually, but saw I was bending it.  It took me three hours to clear a place for my car and a path down to the house.  Overnight, the temps dropped to -11!  Fortunately my house is small enough that the wood stove kept it in the 70's inside!
Today was a totally different story.  It was in the 60's, and so after the 1:00 funeral, I headed out to my courtyard for a cigar while I took the Christmas ornaments and lights off the tree that is still doing well out there - some windburn on the side facing out, but not bad. 
Two of my flower gardens have shed most of the snow, and I saw my first signs of spring - two clumps of daffodils at least 3" high, and 4 Easter lillies 1/2" out.  And, a bee that buzzed over to the butterfly bush - not that he was gonna find much there this time of year!  But, it was nice to see that spring may actually be here fairly soon!