Day 71: All is revealed

I set this little puzzle for you all a few days ago. What could it be? Well today I will reveal the answer. How exciting.

Today on the local TV news we saw a plug for an event at the weekend. The item started with the words "Chocolate lovers listen up." and finished with "Proceeds benefit the Addictions Care Center..." You couldn't make it up.

Exile #4 is still out of sorts, although I'm reasonably confident that her ear isn't bothering her so much any more. Exile #5/Native #1's due date is Day 80, so we're really entering the 'any time now' zone. We're expecting him/her to hold on until at least Day 85 though - if the big sisters are anything to go by.

Now, no-one rose to the challenge of guessing what the picture was of, but I know you're out there. You may have noticed a shiny 'Histats.com' logo at the bottom of the page. This little addition is allowing me to monitor the traffic and in the last five days I have had 49 different visitors make 150 separate visits. So if I assume that 1 in 10 visitors were marginally interested by the teaser, I now have the attention of about 5 people as I reveal what the major thaw of today has revealed...

Their St Patrick's Day snow-hats have melted and there they are - the snowmen lovingly constructed on Day 60. Not that there's much of them left, but you wouldn't look so great after 5 days standing around outside followed by 5 days buried under the snow either.

Also appearing from the melting snow this afternoon, a section of corn-on-the-cob on our decking. Either one of the girls has got very expert at smuggling unwanted vegetables, or some of the local wildlife has been making use of nature's ice-box. Either way it's an odd sight now just outside our back door - like the lone remains of a bizarre winter picnic.