As a retired Letter Carrier, I have forgotten how many times I've made a snow angels on black ice. The worst though, is when there is black ice covered by 1/8" of fresh snow and the ice froze solid before the snow fell...... That 1/8" of snow is deep enough to hide the black ice but offers zero cushion effect when you go down. Even the spikes on my boots would not grab the ice through that light layer of snow so suddenly the horizon shifts and you fall in slow motion.... well, until you are 3 inches away from the ground and then your body accelerates to light speed!

After the freezing, thawing and the latest snowfall a couple of days ago, we're still at about 5" of snow on the ground and thankfully we're not getting REAL cold. The coldest night in our forecast is a balmy -2.2f (-19c) for Sunday. A nice change from the years when we endured ~-40f (40c) for several weeks in January. Still, there's plenty of time for it to get cold.....

All the best everyone!

Christian