LITTLE MARTIANS -- or perhaps little Lunar critters. The little solar-powered yard lights alongside the patio walkway have finally melted their way out of the snow (they were completely covered in the initial snowfall).

The camera flash unfortunately doesn't do them justice. Both are actually lit, and in the dark look like stubby candles floating in a pool of wax. Before the snow, both were the same height above the ground, but the soil is so wet that the one on the left has actually sunk down about an inch.