Well, for the first time in over a week, we have clear, blue skies and a very bright sunny, day. The black of the drive is melting what little snow we had overnight. Just in the last hour or so, the drive has pretty-much cleared itself. Of course, there are icicles aplenty dripping from my eaves. But it is kinda pretty. The main streets are clear, but wet, and the neighborhood streets are slushy, except for the intersections, which are clear of all ice and snow. Now, if the sun will just stay out a few more hours before the next round of snow drops in on us, things should be pretty good.
It appears that we completely missed the lake effect component of the last blast of snow that came through here two nights ago. I'm sure not complaining.
So far this year, I haven't had to break out the Cub with the big snow-blower on it. I've been able to keep things under control using just the small Toro. It's a lot more economical to run than the Cub is, not that that is a huge concern, but it's a lot easier to break out the Toro than it is to wheel the Cub around. So far, it's only taken me about 40 minutes to clear two 18x60 foot drives, each time i've done them. And I can use the exercise!!! Fortunately it hasn't been all that cold, either... nor windy!