snow rise

so the sun rose over an icy vista today, as the mercury hovered around minus 4
yes it really is that cold! and needless to say it's an indoors kind of lifestyle, having two stories plus a basement in the house is a blessing and will be very good for spreading out as things get colder
below is what our home looks like now, compare it to this shot, from September
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbzomurJWu2ERRIqjFJuuEWr9LzRdQnXKX7nIw7YDri_ZA5iyojQI0LD46uhkeBB_jtou0IVpELRinz2rnqaL3hltn44YAlDDuVX6WdyGas6KgXCFjOq_TFs4FXozu2_fVT6tTIjCpi0JQ/s1600-h/sydney+farewell+hobart+first+12+days+047.jpg for how things used to

this winter weather is predicted to last all week, so i am wishing even harder that Santa will bring me a treadmill so I can at least do some exercise. I'm all for a winter stroll but when you're looking at minus 5 and colder with wind chill it's really not pleasant! We do run out and do errands but it's totally a drive EVERYWHERE situation

this is our street, after the snow mobile had been through and cleared the roads