Getting cold yet? This ought to do it. This block is about where the Nikon started letting me know in no uncertain terms that zero degree weather was not its favorite environment.

Closeup of the icicles on the house in the preceding picture! I have to think this is not good for the roof, the gutter, or the homeowner's sanity. I wonder also what it's like to look out through these.

A change of pace, and I like this one for some reason: an average middle-class American kitchen table a few nights before Christmas (picture taken during dining room cleanup). It's just, so. . .normal. Not a bad thing at all! :-)

Finally, this is how you walk the dog when it's this cold: you let her out the ground floor window on a long leash! Pretty darn smart, I'd say. The whole process takes less than 5 minutes and you don't even have to put on your coat.

That's it for me this year: Feliz Navidad, y'all! -- JHF

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