Hang in there. You folks in the East have been hit awfully hard this last while.

We in the West had our worst blasts prior to Christmas, and now it's very mild and extremely icy. Mild enough that ice dams form lovely puddles that penetrate roofs; and enough to worry that my fruit trees might be fooled into waking up (serious winter kill potential).

Thing is, we know it's going to pull the old switcheroo in due course. Plenty of winter left, and in a yo-yo year like this anything is possible (and in fact likely).

By the way, nice composition on those photos.