Meanwhile, back in the icebox . . .

Overnight low -9 F, newspaper walk -3 F.  Wind forecast for later.  I may skip the ski outing today.

But our average low has started to creep upward!  And we've gained over an hour of daylight!

Maintenance chores in the frozen north

Just climbed the snowbank by the sunporch and knocked off ice cornices that threatened doom to all below.  Geometry had reached the point where, if they had fallen naturally, they could have hit the snow (which is window-sill height out there) and rotated back into the glass.

No ambition to be out re-glazing windows in this weather . . .

The "mustard pot" house* up the street has an icicle off the eaves that measures at least 12'. 

*So named for the paint colors used.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em . . .

And, in our newspaper reference for the day, a seminar up at the Big U.  On building igloos and snow-caves.

http://www.bangornews.com/detail/98811.html

Digital turkeys

I wonder if the US Congress, in their infinite wisdom, plan to keep TV stations permanently running two transmitters at the same time for the same programming.  Those things cost money.  Not to mention the greenhouse gas emissions for the extra electricity . . .