It's cold here. The foot of snow from weeks ago hasn't melted. I don't usually pay any attention to wind chill numbers. That's mostly hype the forecasters use to make winter weather sound more extreme and dramatic. I have to admit, when they start talking about wind chills at 25 degrees below zero, you have to pay attention to that. When we get a long running streak of weather like this, I start to blame my ancestors. Why in the world didn't they settle in some nice coastal climate?
It's northern Illinois and it's winter and it could be worse. We just need to get through the rest of February and the first three weeks of March.
Here are scenes from around the farm. Can you guess what the first picture is?
Below the yard north of the house
Below the pasture east of the house.
Actual temperatures below.
