How cold is it?

It's a new day! ( It's -15 F.!)

It's so cold...

• the deer are wandering like cold, mournful ghosts, slowing moving across the frozen snow.
• birds are frantic at the feeder.
• walks require face and hand coverings.

Yet, the shallow wetland isn't frozen, and we've had snow machine operators hit objects, or go through the ice on lakes, which isn't deep enough to support them and their machines. Grooming means covering rocks and layering snow over obstacles, as well as cleaning away trees on the trail.

Donations have been amazing

Despite this cold, there are people with warm hearts. The family, whose young mother was killed in a car incident on Dec. 31st, has had a GoFundMe that has topped all expectations. Elizabeth Harris, their single-parent mother, was a personal support worker (PSW). The father now has custody of the children.  He's been back in college for retraining, also to become a PSW. Her funeral is taking place today. The family is overwhelmed with the generosity. It warms the heart.

The frog pond is cold enough to support the deer, but not me!