Winter's Still Alive and Living in Northern Minnesota

We had temps in the 20s and light snow most of the day yesterday. 'Twas still snowing when we went to bed last night, and the temp had started to drop with a stiff wind blowing in cold air.

Can't say I heard the wind during the night. I was fairly comatose in my snoring/snuffling/gurgling head-congested sleep. Besides that, our bedroom is at the end of the house protected from the winds. Not so for the man currently sleeping in my quilt room. He did start out sleeping with me but in the wee hours, my "in-the-midst-of-a-heart-attack" type breathing got through to him and he headed for more peaceful grounds. Unfortunately, then the sounds keeping him awake were the wailing winds.

This morning our temp has dropped to 4 degrees, we have lovely, bright sunshine, but the winds continue to howl. Gadzooks, I wonder what the wind chill factor is?

Here's Roy in his morning chore outfit. He literally couldn't see without the goggles because of the blowing snow. "I'm here to do your shoveling, Ma'am.”

Shoveling the deck.

Clearing the path to the bird feeder.

He made it! Now hang on to the roof while filling it.

Total snow accumulation probably wasn't more than 3" but Mother Nature is doing a good job of rearranging it to her liking this morning.