It snowed. Shoveled snow for the first time this winter. Ayako went with our grandsons to Sapporo and would stay with them overnight today.

   When I walked in the morning, I found the ground covered with snow. The temperature was relatively warm,so the snow bearing water was very heavy to shovel out.
   In the afternoon, Ayako went to Sapporo by bus to send Tokio and Arashi back home. Chiaki called from Takikawa on the way back from Asahikawa, where she was on a business tour, saying she would get back to Sapporo by 4:00. Ayako would stay overnight at Chiaki's house, and return here to Tomakomai tomorrow noon.