It has been really warm all winter

[grizzbass]

but then again it's socal so 70 isn't unusual. My daughter is visiting from Baltimore and she is really enjoying it. My son went to New Mexico and brought me back this big foot stocking cap so I had the picture taken with it on but it stayed home for the hike.

The blue sky and pond

This poor apple has fought to stay on it's tree all winter. I think there needs to be a story about the lonely apple along the lines of the ugly duckling

Bobcat track

One of my favorite trees

A couple of games we've been playing after our hikes

[Canadian Vet]

Not here it ain't.
That was the coldest December in a very long time and January is a winter wonderland.

[Pleater]

On the South coast of England not far from the sea the temperature has not been all that low, but rain has been heavy and persistent. Having been caught out a few times I have upped my game with waterproofs and wind blocks so as not to arrive home saturated, and I have retired some kilts which are too cold to wear in the wet.
One advantage of wool is that it is warm even when wet through.

Anne the Pleater

[Father Bill]

We've been repeatedly buried in SW Ontario. Thank the Lord for a good snowblower!

[Canadian Vet]

We've been repeatedly buried in SW Ontario. Thank the Lord for a good snowblower!

I used to thank God for a strong Son and Daughter to shovel but they's all growed up, now.

[cessna152towser]

On the South coast of England not far from the sea the temperature has not been all that low, but rain has been heavy and persistent.

We have had several weather warnings of forecasted snow to accumulate to significant depths here in Southern Scotland, even to the extent we stocked up on extra foodstuffs, but it has all fallen as rain, rain and more rain, and when the rain stops for a bit, it freezes on the wet ground making it dangerous to venture out. I am heartily sick of these bleak January days with their grey skies during the short hours of daylight. Oh for the blue skies of Canada!

[grizzbass]

Not only is he warm bodied (according to his wife he uses a fan at night in winter) so the cold doesn't bother him but he'd have done great in shoveling snow drifts and pulling cars out of drifts

I used to thank God for a strong Son and Daughter to shovel but they's all growed up, now.

[ShaunMaxwell]

We don’t have much winter to speak of in southeast Texas, but it was 82°F on Christmas Day this year.

Cheers,

SM

[Jock Scot]

On the South coast of England not far from the sea the temperature has not been all that low, but rain has been heavy and persistent. Having been caught out a few times I have upped my game with waterproofs and wind blocks so as not to arrive home saturated, and I have retired some kilts which are too cold to wear in the wet.
One advantage of wool is that it is warm even when wet through.

Anne the Pleater

At least the depleted aquifers will have had a much needed refreshment, Anne. My sons, a tad North of you, tell me that the farm ponds have only just reached their normal winter level for the first time in three yeas.

[Pleater]

It is quite hilly here, we are on a ridge running east to west, approximately, to the south is a long slope down to the harbour, to the north the land dips and rises several times, obviously made by the action of streams and rivers long dry, until Tuesday, when the drains had had enough and the rain was still pouring down. On Wednesday there were closed roads and the streams were running again. It was rather interesting to see in actuality what I'd only visualised before now.

It did illustrate the folly of ignoring the shape of the land and building obstructions which would direct flood water through your house rather than diverting it away from the doors.

The older roads and lanes which are at variance with the modern layout of the area were noticeably not flooded.

Anne the Pleater and amateur geologist