Stopped Snowing

It seems like it has been snowing each day since New Years, but it has also been melting a bit each day so there is only 6-7-8 inches or so of accumulation. Today it has been overcast but there hasn't been any additional snow. A week ago the large lake started freezing over in spots, which is a rare event, but now the ice is gone and only the smaller lakes are frozen over. This week it has been hovering around freezing and not getting lower than the negative single digits (Celsius). School has been closed since last week so the kids have had an extended winter vacation, but we are expecting them to be open tomorrow now that most of the roads are clear. The snow and cold in Europe has made it into a lot of news reports (NY Times). V and I took the car out to the grocery store today to check the roads and get out of town for a bit.