Admit it, you were worried, weren’t you! You’ve been in Babs Withdrawal. Well she’s back. Key West is all very well and good, but how can a person resist coming back to Torch Lake Township in January?
Babs writes: It has snowed a lot in the past few days, but was sunny and beautiful today despite being just above 0º most of the day. I took this on Saturday. This is a little house in Eastport that I really like, and I loved the decorative banner on the side of the house. It did not appear that anyone had come or gone from the place on that particular day.
They’re huddled inside under a pile of comforters wearing three pairs of socks and eating cookies!! Oh, wait, that’s me.
Just for the record, Bruce Laidlaw weighed in on Sunday evening, too: The Weatherman says we had a high today of 9.9 and a low of minus 8.9. Yesterday, we went out to ski when the thermometer said 20. I dressed for 20 and couldn’t understand why I was turning numb. When we got back to the cottage it was 8. I then had to soak my hands in warm water to get the feeling back.
It is cold out there. Very, very cold.
Torch Lake Views 
kanniduba
January 24, 2011
Yes…it is so very cold.
Last night it went down to -24 here…those temps are usually reserved for the folks up in Plattsburgh! The high was -8 at 2:30 this afternoon when I went to pick up Big Girl at school. I do not like it. No I don’t.
Gerry
January 24, 2011
Sunday morning’s zero-ish weather knocked me back on my heels. I don’t even want to think about -24. Especially not while the furnace is merrily sending $10 bills up the chimney. This is cruel weather.
P.j. grath
January 24, 2011
That little house is so sweet!
Yes, it was VERY cold yesterday, out in the snow, in the sunshine, on snowshoes, and there’s more coming for the next few days. Sleep with socks on!
Gerry
January 25, 2011
Just what we need. More cold. I can deal with all of it except the prospect of well-line freeze. GACK.
Dawn
January 24, 2011
I like to look at the national weather map and secretly laugh at places like International Falls. But when we start feeling like International Falls it isn’t funny anymore. It can stop now.
Gerry
January 25, 2011
I never laugh at International Falls. I admire International Falls. I feel its pain. No, I laugh at Florida in the summertime. But you are absolutely right. It can stop now.
Nye
January 24, 2011
One of my co-workers was complaining about her power bill last month being $305, I can’t imagine your power bill.
The house looks charming, I do hope that we get some snow here again before the spring, but it looks like we will have a wintry mix which I’m not too crazy about.
Gerry
January 25, 2011
If folks are living in that tiny house this winter, their fuel oil bill is probably a couple hundred dollars this month. I can fool myself because my heating system is a patchwork of propane furnace, electric baseboard heaters, and woodstove fireplace insert. If I think about the combined cost it gives me a headache so I live in denial. 🙂
I hate wintry mix. Nice fluffy snow has its pleasures, but wintry mix is right up there with mosquitoes for aggravation.
flandrumhill
January 25, 2011
What a cosy looking house. It’s been huddling weather here too… well, except for the outdoor food photo shoot and a quick trip into the Passage for provisions.
Gerry
January 25, 2011
And a fine thing that outdoor photo shoot was, too!
katherine
January 25, 2011
The photo is cool (no pun intended) The only advantage to it being this cold is it will feel like spring when it gets UP to 25 degrees!
Gerry
January 25, 2011
According to the weather widget, it has risen to 25! Meet you over on the beach–we can sit in your lounge chairs and sip tall, refreshing drinks with little umbrellas in them.
katherine
January 25, 2011
Whoo HOO Can spring be far behind?? Wishful thinking.