After a high of plus 7 celsius yesterday, with a pouring rain at one point, today we have plummeting temperatures and high winds. -11, with a wind chill in the -20s.

Walking is treacherous, as all surfaces that were water yesterday are now ice.

The wind is howling in a most impressive way. It’s invigorating to walk in a windstorm like this, worth a few painful fingertips when I returned to the house.

Ice in a rut.

Later in the afternoon…