Mischief Monday - The Weather

This week's mischief winner is the weather. It is being crazy, thank you climate change.

Let's recap.

December 24th, the warmest on record at 17 C/62 F.

Hailey enjoy a roll on Christmas Eve

December 29th, seasonal cold -5 C/ 23 F and we got a foot of snow. The first real snowfall of the winter.

Phod enjoying the snow

January 4th and 5th it was bitter cold -29 C/ -20 F. We call it 3 legged dog cold. Their paws get so cold after just a few minutes that they try and walk on 2 or 3 legs. (Boots have failed and really when it is that cold we can't be out long anyway).

The rest of the week more like December 29th for highs (felt balmy).

January 9th and 10th had possible record warm days (5 C/41 F)  and possibly record rain (calling for 30 mm/1 inch). This is going to be followed by a flash freeze (occurring as this post goes live) of -13 C/8 F, so it is going to be dangerous skating rink today.  Lady is thankful for her icers for her boots, they may not be stylish, but safety first. Then tomorrow (Tuesday) we are suppose to get 5 cm/2 inches of snow.

You can see the straps for the icers

The bottom to give you grip

Last winter was terrible (the coldest on record with 2 months of the -29 C/-20 F) but at least it was consistent. This is just crazy!

The puddle forming outside our door

After writing this post, the power went out. This completely stresses both Lee and Phod out. We had set up our generator for the first time (we got it 2.5 years ago after 2 long power outages, 72 and 95 hours). We did't have access to everything (like we don't have a stove) but we have heat, water, the fridge, TV, internet and some lights. We were without power for 7 1/2 hours. The generator made this much more enjoyable than last time it was out in the winter.