Wacky Weather

Thursday:

 Happy ducks:

 Friday (sad ducks)

Frozen Lake

Last Winter it wasn't cold enough to feel safe walking across any big lake - no such worries this year.

 Holes left by the mysterious, rarely-seen ice moles.

 Or perhaps it was just ice-fishers, like those who left these tents out on the ice.

So very cold

It was so cold today, they closed the university even though there was no snow.  It was so cold that the shower in our basement stopped working.  (Fortunately it doesn't seem to have burst the pipes, though.)  It was so cold that this is what happened to the exhaust from our heating (that the ducks huddle under all day) that we left on overnight:

Gone Granny Gone

Seems like she just got her!  We kept her working hard right up to the end:

But then it was time for her to go:

 (This lady had views about Call The Midwife and a hilarious anecdote about how she once worked in the airport in Manchester, NH and somebody arrived expecting to be in Manchester, England.)

 Several delays while alarms went off, apparently for no reason.

It looks bitterly cold NOW, but in fact Granny is getting out just before it gets SERIOUSLY cold.
Come back soon, Granny!  The leftovers will all be eaten up in a matter of days!

Viciously cold

The majority of the US is in a record freeze.  It's supposed to get down to -25 F wind chill tonight.  Brr.  Nonetheless, as Frederick and I had scarcely been outside in a week (various ailments), we thought we should have a quick jaunt.

Back to Starlite

Granny HAD to have the skillet (and, for some reason, "biscuits and gravy")

A sampling of booty

Here is a picture of just some of our Xmas gifts (thank you if yours is pictured, apologies if not, but that probably means it's been spirited off to a corner of the house to be enjoyed there)

This picture was taken with my Birthday present, my very first Smartphone (one of those snazzy Samsung S7 edge thingies, of which Thomas is DEEPLY envious, feeling (probably rightly) that it is completely wasted on me) which I put off switching to until now (much to the chagrin of Jami, who bought it for me in July and who finally took it upon herself to activate).

Xmas Bounty!