15 below with wind chill.

True on the horse issue, Bobbin. You HAVE to be out there.

The well pump froze at the barn 2 days ago, it's been really, really interesting here.

Oh man! that's a drag, Dix.. I took care of 3 horses and I had to haul water for them from the house. The colder it got the more water I had to haul. 5 gallon Fortex buckets weigh a lot... esp. x3. You do what you must do however because the horses need water. On the plus side, there isn't much nicer than a bareback winter ride (it's warm on your backside) and if they get all silly and unload you the snow kinda breaks the fall, lol.

Today when I woke up it felt like Summer, 6 above zero!
A full 34 degrees warmer than yesterday,
Of course since it got above zero it snowed and the roads are snow covered and very slippery.
No plow to be seen since we only got around 2".
My road doesn't get plowed unless we get above 6".

Wildo said:

THAT'S BRISK BABY ! ! !

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-3 is as cold as it got here.

Temp is all relative . . .

This time of year I don't mind getting on my sled and zipping around even with the temp below the donut . . . the key being I have the proper gear from head to toe and no exposed skin. Depending on the temps I use different gear -- when I'm sledding with mittens instead of my gloves you'll know it's cold out.

Here . . . after several days . . . weeks of sub zero and single digit temps whenever the temps get into the 20s it starts to feel like a heat wave . . . I suspect when the temp finally gets above freezing we may see folks break out the shorts and Hawaiian shirts.

Flatlanders think we are crazy when they see us ice fishing in t-shirts on a sunny windless 20f February/March day. It sure feels warm after fishing for 2 months when it is cold enough to chip a nipple.

On the plus side, we got the well pump thawed out. A couple of ceramic oil filled heaters down in the hole, insulated with, what else? Horse blankets & a few moldy bales of hay covering the top of the well.

Heaters are unplugged, but still down there, blankets & bales still in place. They ain't moving until the end of April, atleast

The official uniform of the State of Maine:

I'm amazed at how warm those things are. It has to be seriously cold to put those puppies on...

I don't get it..for whatever reason, we're missing the current cold snap. I think Mother Nature is saving her wrath for March for us..it's only -4C here today.

Keep the cold down in the US please...and your Nor'Easters too. If you all could do that for another 45 days I would greatly appreciate it.

Sincerely,

Your Northerly Neighbour.

Andrew

But not -17F, BG, not minus 17F.

I woke up to a house at 58F this morning. Took me 3 hours to get to 68F