"Do you . . .

want to build a snowman?"  Which I expect was the conversation in these children's household this morning.  There were three of them, hard at work, as I set out for my walk late in the morning.  There were two very large snowmen when I returned, and the bottom of another.

In all, we've had about 4 inches.  And it's now raining and sleeting, so all the beauty is gone, replaced by waxy sodden slush.