Good morning, everyone!
It’s a frosty one here on the Canadian prairie this morning; my phone registers our temperature as -36 C. Definitely CRISP, but warmer than the city of Saskatoon, which is -39 C or -37 F, according to Environment Canada. The predicted high today is -27 C.
Needless to say, our furnace is running pretty steady. I’m so thankful we don’t have to haul in firewood and keep the place warm with the old wood stove! We’ve had a couple more snowfalls this month — not heaps, but enough to keep the snow removal people on the go.
Our cats have serious cabin fever. During most of this winter our weather has fluctuated and they’ve had a few days every week when they could go out. But this cold spell (below -20 C) has settled on us all week and they don’t venture out for more than a few minutes until they’ve had enough.
And I have a cold. Mostly sinus drip, for which I’m taking decongestant and drinking hot stuff. A great day to stay inside and let my imagination wander to green grass and budding trees. The high for next week Wed is to be -16 C, so we will slowly come out of this.
I just came across this little verse in the 1974 Friendship Book of Francis Gay. I don’t know if I should find this a comfort or not?
When snow is deep and toes are numb,
when aches and pains make faces glum,
it’s odd to think you’ve only got
four months to wait to feel too hot!
Anyway, I wish you all a good day, wherever in the world you are. My thanks to all of you who are reading and following this blog. I’m delighted that I can “visit” with so many people this morning without having to leave my warm house. 🙂
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It’s balmy here–45 F. with a chance of rain this afternoon. We were in the deep freeze last week, so this is a nice reprieve.
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45 F would indeed be balmy! I think our deep freeze can freeze deeper than your deep freeze. 😉
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I’m with the cats. Here in West Wales it’s a balmy 5C today, stay snuggled over there.
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Thanks for your comment. We should go get the mail (a five-minute drive) but we have a free-standing, unheated garage and at this temp our automatic garage door opener won’t work.
As for the cats, it’s sunny and our black cat, Angus, thinks it’s not too horrible to go out — for a few minutes. While he’s out his breath condenses on his whiskers, so he comes in all black except for these thick white whiskers that look a bit like tusks. 🙂
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Sounds frighteningly like me on frosty morns, though he would have more hair.
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