It has been cold for so long, that I started wondering if this is just how January and February are supposed to be. So I printed out a chart of the average highs and lows in Eau Claire each month. Well, we are again 19 degrees below the average low for February. Even accounting for being a little north of Eau Claire and it being rather early in the month, that it still unusually cold. And we’ve had 9 below or colder in the morning more days than I like to remember. So, no, we are not being wimpy after all. It actually is a very cold winter. I’m just hoping that it doesn’t turn out to be a very long winter, too.

Winter picture for you:

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Those are rose hips poking through the mound of snow to the east of the driveway. These are rather tall rose bushes, so these are actually at about hip height.