Well, it was balmy on Christmas (about 10C, 13C Xmas Eve!). Green... second green Xmas in a row! I've seen 39 of them here and only one was green before these last two years. I recall one Xmas that we were snowed in for three days.

Of course, smugness get's karma'd. The Kee-Kee birds arrived from their northern nesting grounds after the snow yesterday and brought minus 21WC (Wind Chill) with them. I just hope last year's snow doesn't repeat. We had one stom in early December but NO snow on the ground until January 28. By mid March, we had a whole winter of snow on the ground. On my street, on February 19, two cars could not get by each other. Got my truck stuck trying to let a car pass and if I hadn't had 4X4, I would have had to shovel out me truck.

Still, I look at the floods in England and Colorado and Central/South America, the tornados in Texas where people have been killed... I welcome this cold and snow. I look at the wars and the migrations. I read the hardships of life in this thread. And, I welcome this cold and snow - it's a minor inconvenience.

Bless all. I hope the new year brings us all to a better place.