Jack Frost is finally settling in here in Rochester, in perfect time for the winter tours of Mount Hope Cemetery to start up again. The monthly tours, which offer a leisurely paced, 60- to 90-minute stroll through the grounds, take place on the third Saturday of each month, beginning on January 21, and continuing on February 18 and March 17.

The tour route traverses flat, paved roads, and in addition to general information on the cemetery, includes stops at the grave of George Washington's drummer boy, the 1912 chapel, the man who inspired "Billy Pilgrim" in Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse Five," the cemetery's second-tallest monument (erected in memory of Hartwell Carver by the Union Pacific Railroad), and the gravesite of James Vick, nurseryman who developed Vick Park A and B off East Avenue.

Meet at the south cemetery entrance (1133 Mt. Hope Ave.), opposite The Distillery restaurant at 1 p.m. Admission is $5 per person, and free to Friends of Mount Hope members and children under 16 when accompanied by an adult. For more information call 461-3494, or visit fomh.org.