We were able to get to the farm early yesterday morning Snow had fallen overnight. It was a really pretty walk with the sheep, geese and deer grazing beside us.

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We have been burning Arbutus since the cold snap began on Friday. Thursday it was 14 degrees on the island and today it barely got over zero. Arbutus makes a great warm fire and we are fortunate to have plenty of it on our property.

I accomplished nothing today. I had planned to make fig newtons but it is going to have to wait until tomorrow…. I didn’t want to leave my chair by the fire… Another day spent staring into the abyss….

I did put up what Christmas decorations I have. There are still bins and bins in my mothers garage. Enough to decorate a 3000 square foot house…No where to put them here, even if I had them… Now the house is looking more like a visit to a Texaco station than Christmas..

We have two hummingbirds hanging out on the Arbutus Tree at the front window.                       

They emptied the feeder in four days. They must be very cold.. I feel like someone should knit them a sweater or something. Not me of

course, but someone