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A REAL “bear hug”!

I hope Vanilla Ice won’t mind me borrowing, but the term does fit.

It was incredibly cold all day yesterday – the high was about 23 degrees. I must say though that ice WILL apparently keep most people home. The road nearest me that seems to have cars moving by 24/7 – was as quiet as a cemetery after about 2pm yesterday.

Today the temperatures rose a bit to 42 degrees which made things less slippery but a LOT more messy. I found that the far end of the lake is frozen fairly solid when the dog, Cato, decided to try a bit of ice skating – without the skates! Fortunately, he did not venture far once the ice begin to make cracking noises – and he made it safely back to drier land.

Good day for wood stoves, pot roast, and something good to watch on TV. A long nap can easily be added to this blissful weekend mix!

Here’s a link to a loop of the web cam over the past 18 hours or so. Interesting to watch the snow/ice melt from the dock and the shadows of the trees race by on the lake:

I took this picture a couple years ago but everytime I pass it in my files I stop to look again:

Not a good day for this particular frog except that I happened to hear it crying for help. After the first shock of seeing the fish carefully guiding the frog to some nether region, I took the picture. I did smack the fish on the head with an oar and got him to release the frog – who quickly high-tailed it to the edge of the lake.

The fish was seen scouting the same area for the rest of the day…if these fish ever take over the world, I am in big trouble!

Who says it is boring living in the country?

TGIF…

Some cool blue tones for the TGIF photo this week…