New Years Eve in Wisconsin

So when I checked the weather this morning it was -8 degrees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It has warmed up to 1 degree but the weather report says, "feels like -17 degrees".....

That's minus seventeen degrees!!!!!!

You know how people from the midwest cannot imagine how we can possibly survive when it is 115 or 120 degrees in Arizona????? Well, I think this is kinda like that in reverse. You dress appropriately,

you go about your business and you just deal with it. And you tell yourself it's not that bad....

What makes it bearable today is that the sun is out in all its glory. Radiant ribbons of light, streaming through the trees, casting long shadows, making the snow glisten like diamonds on the ground. But don't be deceived!!! IT IS COLD!!!!

FOG FROST...so pretty!

Luce

we've had as many as 13 wild turkey in our front yard

deer visit us often here

This morning the cardinal is back at the feeder. It's the female; we know that because we visited the natural history museum at UWSP yesterday (after the tour of the fire station) and bought a book on birds of Wisconsin. What a wonderful museum! The kids loved it and kept Mike busy asking him for help to locate the various animals, fish, birds and minerals throughout the museum as they checked them off their worksheets.

Today we plan to play games and share a fajita dinner. Afterwards we have tickets to go to Bernard's and listen to the very popular band Horseshoes and Hand Grenades. You can check them out on YouTube.

Hope everyone has a safe and happy New Years Eve.