1º

7:06

7:49

7:49

7:50

8:04

What a temperature to wake up to—1º! Unfortunately, I woke at 5:00 but didn't get up until 6:00. It's now after 7:00, and Evie is up and wants to go to school despite the cold. I'm not sure what I'm going to do. It's too cold to hike or cross-country ski. I could go to yoga, but that means I'd have to get going, and right now it feels good to just veg.

Yesterday was cold with intermittent snow. We were both home much of the morning, having our coffee, deciding what to have for dinner, and finishing up the blog. I took my time getting going, but by 11:00, I was ready to get outside and hike. I decided on the easy hike around our Victoria/Woodlawn woods. I wore my crampons just in case, but a couple of us had already made a path, as well as a cross-country skier. It made hiking much easier. I was out for forty minutes and finished my walk on the lake. I was surprised by the surface—it was no longer wet underneath the snow but solid ice. In other words, it was good to walk on and would be great for cross-country skiing if it weren't so cold. When I got back, I took fifteen minutes to clear the snow off the driveway and car.

Blue Skies

Shadows

Victoria Sreet

Self Portrait

Blowing Snow

Evie had a doctor's appointment in Jamestown, so I offered to drive her because of the icy roads and snow. I dropped her off at one and was going to go to a diner next to the office, but it was closed. So I drove to Burger King on Foote Avenue and ordered a Whopper meal. I drove back to the office, parked in the lot, and took a break to enjoy my lunch. Evie was out by 1:30, and we were home by 2:00.

2:28

Long Point

Blue Skies At 4:36

I was ready for a nap, and I must have slept at least half an hour because I woke not knowing whether it was morning or afternoon. I then read some—I'm into my book, The Crying Cave Killings. I went outside at 4:30 and shoveled once more, probably a couple of inches of snow. We then relaxed with a glass of wine until 6:15, when Evie heated up our dinner of stuffed shells and made a salad. We watched a couple of episodes of the much-awarded The Pitt. We're not that taken with it but will stick with it. After Evie went to bed, I watched three quarters of the Indiana-Miami game before going to bed, hoping Indiana would win. They did!

Quotation Of The Day: "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America.” Donald Trump