Out all day today on various errands, and returned to find the animal control officer parked in our driveway, looking for my daughter’s dog, Cooper (aka Rocket Dog). The animal control people now have a state-of-the-art computer complete with automatic vehicle locator, and they are following up on licenses. She moved to Windy City three years ago. This visit suggests how hard up the county is for $$ eh? It also suggest a day when mobile computers might track every thing we do, Big Brother style.

Our most recent walk and snowfall combined to  produce interesting photos.

And my blog entry on the Gliding Brick Flight (e.g.,the flight profile of a KC-135 without fuel) brought a few comments from former K.I. Sawyer, USAF guys.

The U.S. lost the gold medal game to Canada 2-0 yesterday in women’s hockey, but the men whacked the Finns today 6-1 and will play for the gold tomorrow. I won’t be surprised in the opponent is Slovakia rather than the favored Canada, eh?

Over.

Cooper the Rocket Dog

One of the last snowmen of the season, and one of the most creative. Looks like he should be hanging with Akroyd and Belushi in the Blue Bros, eh.

Sometimes all this snow puts trees in a lousy mood.

Did you guess sumac? You should have.

More sumac.

When first seen this fellow was trying to ride his bike and wobbling and flopping like an eel on ice.

Our last snowfall was only 8-10 inches, but heavy and even pretty in the ways it piled on.