our new security system

We've added a new security system to our house: ice sickles. The example in the photo is over three feet long, over an inch in diameter, and very pointy. I'm sure that it will dig a pretty significant hole when it drops from the second-story roof. It is as beautiful, as it is deadly... bwah!

My car remains completely immobile; up to its hubcaps in snow. The weather forecasters are suggesting more snow tonight, then rain and snow mixed for the next few days. The Seattle area could see some substantial flooding this weekend; we should be fine since we’re 400 feet higher than most of Seattle on a gently sloping hill.