Awareness of the outside world. While I slept, a night shift postal worker picked up my chocolate order from Tennessee and drove it to Alabama. I don’t think we – at least I don’t – have the faintest idea what goes on to keep our world functioning.
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Last Wednesday morning. Dipping below freezing for a few hours happens often. Twenties all night is unusual for us. Hence draining the hose the night before.
Lesson for the day. Ice is hard to photograph. I suspect this is true with any camera. In addition, the phone’s autofocus picked everything but the ice. Even when I manually locked focus on the screw threads of the faucet, it still didn’t agree.
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
Welcome to the way we do things in Cold Weather Country!
OTOH, our summers are very pleasant.
Jane
Right now, I’ll take infrequent ice. Ask me again in high summer.