The coating of snow this morning was a reminder that this birdhouse will not have its summertime residents arriving for weeks yet. Although there may be some winter squatters hiding out in the bluebird houses as I have found some field mice when checking the houses in the spring.
Waiting for Spring Birds
The forecast has temperatures nearing zero at night for a few days but at least not a real cold spell as it doesn’t look like this board fence will be much of a barrier to stop the cold from getting through.
Worn Out Fence
The foggy night left a light frost coating on the trees this morning but the sunshine melted the hoarfrost fairly quickly.
Frosty Pine Needles
There was a big change in temperature from yesterday’s -20 temperature to today reaching just above freezing. And even though there was several cold days, January was warmer than normal so there hasn’t been a solid ice layer on Lake Superior near the sea caves. The lack of stable thick ice has prevented access to visit the ice caves this year so far, but I prefer the warmer temperatures even if that means no icy formation sightseeing.
Escaping from the Ice Monster
The teeth of the cold arctic air had a strong bite today with the temperatures remaining below zero and a wind chill down to -35 early this morning.
Winter Frigid Bite
Winter continued with a dusting of snow this morning before the skies cleared just before the day ended and more snow is in the forecast for tomorrow.
Winter Continues
The dawn arrived in a very white color as the trees were covered in thick hoarfrost. After a few hours, when the sun was trying to break through the clouds, the wind picked and created a whiteout from all the frost falling off the trees.
Falling Frost
The Snow Moon did bring a heavy layer of that white stuff and as the sun set on the new snow, the moon rose again to brighten the white ground as night fell.
Sunset on New Snow
As the sun was setting this evening, the eastern sky had a pink hue but the warmer looking horizon was deceiving as the wind chill was in the single digits. The “Snow Moon” tonight has a very fitting name with the approaching snow storm which might drop a half foot of those froze flakes.
Snow Moon
The sun was out today and my cats were playing outside although Trouble looked a little cranky walking on the cold snow.
Snow Cat
