Without trying to sound like a freaked out ABC news reporter....

It is a bit cold out there....not crazy cold....I reserve that qualification to temps hitting 30+ below zero....we're only hit -22 this a.m........ though Embarass, Minnesota hit the -47 this morning....Embarass is about an hour and a half -give or take- north of us and sits in a big pothole so the cold air pools down into their settlement.
So I took a picture last summer in my photo essay "Summer of Wayne" and I tried to recreate that same photo today - it was approximately the same time of day - around 4:30ish.... here it is....

So we went from a good 80 degrees and a good bit of sweat
to
-9 and the beginnings of a beard full of ice.
I LOVE MINNESOTA!!!!!
Nobody is laughing at my big-ass beard now are they? I ran into a cat I knew and hadn't seen for a good year or so today in the parking lot of the grocery store and we stood talking for 5 mintutes or so and he said...."I'd love to keep chatting but its freezing out here and I don't have all the big facial hair to keep me warm." So...think 'bout that!

So... to warm you up tonight....a picture of our woodstove.....can you feel the warmth??? I can!
Stay warm out there....