Snow!

They're calling it the coldest winter on record (records go back to 17-hundred-and-something). I wouldn't know. But I do know that it snowed this week. Twice!


Yes, sadsack that I am, I took my camera to work, so I could snap these pix of our backyard , our street, and the walk to the bus stop...


I now know what it really means when the grass crunches beneath your feet and the ground is frozen solid. I've found out when I've gone out to defrost the drinking water for our chickens every morning - and every night because it even refreezes during the day!

We feel very smug when we settle down to our open fire at night... we'll miss that when we move.