Thanks, Mike, Buddy and Ron and Akira and Erik for keeping this pot boiling.
Ron - to get +30 and -4 in the same season is some kind of weird; we don't get these extremes - minus 4 yes, plenty; but +30 in winter? Not in my lifetime.
Mike - I've seen that kind of snow a few times in Japan and I like it; but when it happens you are best not to want to get anywhere in a hurry. (Sally is still frisking around like a puppy, btw.)
Meanwhile, today in Killin was very warm, wet and windy, as will tomorrow be; snow is forecast for Thursday.