We had a short note from Bryce and Esther Montgomery - Joe's Ponders in Florida:

Thanks for the pictures of Snow.Now I know why we are not there.We have had about 2 weeks of Beach weather. Unusual for this time of year. Cooler weather has moved in.We are both well and very busy, Church, Art Assoc. and many crafts. Glad you are staying warm. Bryce & Esther.

On a cold night like this (5 degrees above with a strong wind) "beach weather" sounds pretty good! I just checked my wind chill chart and if the wind is blowing at 20 m.p.h., which I think is a conservative guess, there is a "feels like" temperature of 15 below zero.

Diane and Don Sherwood have invited us to their camp for dinner tonight with Bill and Diane Rossi. The Sherwoods come about this time every year to ski at Burke and enjoy Joe's Pond in winter. Some years there's been no skiing because there was no snow or we have had plenty of snow except while Don and Diane were here we'd get rain that ruined the skiing. This year it's been a combination with some ice, but also bitter cold, so I'm betting they haven't been skiing a lot. We're taking the camera with us tonight and will report later.