Critters, Snow & King Richard III

The weather forecast said it would start snowing at noon and end before dark today.  It started snowing at 7 a.m., and shows no sign of letting up.  The house is being "shown" by Realtors this afternoon, as it's been decided to have 4 or 5 back-up offers in hand by the man who is listing the home.  So about 12:30, I'll go out with shovel and broom and clean off the front porch, steps, and walkway.  The showings are supposed to occur between 1:30 and 3:30 this afternoon.  I'm taking Aiko and Yoshi over to my sister's house; I can read, and they can play with Boo.
  My kits were happy to see me this morning, but were not so happy when I opened the patio door and they realized it was snowing again.  At least Nedi went out and played in the snow, as usual; Lovey ran around inside making tiger growls and yowls, then settled down.  It'll be nice to sleep with them tomorrow night.
  Let's see:  Rachel Alexandra, the ex-racer, is now off of intravenous fluids and feeding.  She's eating on her own and takes several short walks each day.  I don't know if they will risk breeding her again, or not.  Her filly is doing well on a nurse-mare.  ....  Violence, who seemed to be a strong contender on the Triple Crown trail, has fractured a sesamoid , and probably won't be on the track again until the summer campaigns.  .... 
  King Richard III's DNA will soon be compared to other male relatives, and will have that to add to the mitochondrial DNA evidence.  Nine of King Richard's relatives had an open letter printed in the London Times stating that they wished for the King's remains to be buried in York, rather than in Leicester.  It looks as if the two city's will be slugging this out.  It will be an incredible tourist draw.  Normally, the Leicester Guildhall has about 37,000 visitors per year; two weeks ago,  they opened a display regarding the dig for, and discovery of, Richard III, in 5 days, the Guildhall had 15,000 visitors...