The Polar vortex is descending upon us starting this evening, I suspect many Americans will be blaming Canada for the cold air, lol.

 

It’s coming from the North Pole so we gotta blame Santa

 

On Friday evening we had a spectacular sunset, with a very red/orange sky, the clouds were full of snow and ice and the sky was lit up. It was beautiful, I've never seen one that beautiful and certainly not this time of the year.

 

We ended up with about 6 inches of snow but it’s light fluffy stuff and it’s cold about six degrees.

 

Windows have some condensation on them today, it can't be prevented in these temps.. I closed our fresh air intake vent for this week so the furnace doesn't suck in extreme cold air, I will re-open it once temps return back to normal by next week, and I will monitor the interior humidity levels

 

COLD!!! Just a little snow, but it started as rain, temps dropped so everything is iced up.

 

^1-20-2025. Trabuco Canyon/Lake Forest, California.



^1-20-2025. Bertin. He's an awesome business man. He's and his men have been trimming my palms for years.



^1-20-2025.





^1-18-2025. Fort Collins, CO.

Back in Colorado, my honey in Fort Collins says it's up to a balmy 3*. He said he got 2 inches of snow last night but they already had about 3" from Friday night.

 

It looks like winter finally showed her teeth a little.
We got somewhere around half a foot of snow last night.
Temps bottomed out at 13°F and now sit at 19°F but a nice sunny day.
The snow blower sits awaiting my attention in the storage tent but for now the coffee in my mug holds sway.
I like retirement, eventually I'll get to it.

 

One degree and clear currently. Expecting a high of 10 and a low of -10 today and tonight.