Fresh from the garden an hour ago, and more snow to come. Nor are we alone. Temperatures in the northern hemisphere, and especially parts of North America have been plunging to record lows due to a shift of the polar vortex, the icy wind system that usually spends winter over the Arctic. It’s even been snowing in the Algerian Sahara – the fourth time this has happened in 42 years. My computer tells me it’s zero degrees celsius here in the UK, positively tropical compared to Chicago’s –26C with an added wind-chill factor of –53C. Stay warm, everyone.
Tish Farrell 
Beautiful….we have quite a covering here which is lovely 🙂
Brrr….
Bundle up or, better yet, stay inside with your feet up on the hearth.
Time to stoke up the wood burner!
Yep a covering of snow here, Tish. Love those teasels!
They have been a brilliant addition to the guerrilla garden – seemingly totally weather resistant, as well as a visual asset.
Win-win!
I am sending some sunshine your way. My device reads 25°C.
All warmth warmly received, Mak. Asante sana.
oh don’t they look fabulous – can’t wait for mine to be looking like this!
⏳ just a little bit longer…
🙂
Only glad I’m not in Chicago!
Yep. Can’t image that depth of coldness.
I can’t bear to think of Chicago either! Poor LolaWi 😦 😦 But I do love teasels!
Love the teasels and am laughing about the Chicago weather. Sounds better in Fahrenheit, though. Been there, done that. 🙂 I don’t miss that but I do miss the snow.
janet
We’ve had some snow in the night, but today is brilliant blue sky and sunshine. Am just about to venture out with camera – well wrapped up of course.
I look forward to the results. We’re rejoicing in another (unusual) cloudy day with some badly needed rain. 🙂
Rain! That’s good.
Funny. I don’t live far from Chicago, and I didn’t even notice it was cold.
Now that is interesting. Weather info apparently reported from the airport.
It’s 10 degrees Fahrenheit, or -12 Celsius, here right now. Weather.gov says it’s 31 degrees Fahrenheit, or -1 Celsius, at Chicago’s Midway Airport. All fairly normal seasonal temperatures. I don’t know.
I’ve noticed that weather temps have become v. politicized, especially the ‘hottest’ and the ‘highest’. It’s a bit much if you now can’t trust the MSM with the ‘coldest’ either.
Right?
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