Did you hear on the news tonight how cold it is in Florida? It is so cold that...

The critters outside have frozen in their tracks

This is our house all covered with (ice) candy














And in our backyard, this ice slide formed.
Notice the birds - frozen Great Blue Herons.















It truly is cold for Florida, a wind chill advisory and hard freeze are predicted for our county tonight. Freeze warnings extend all the way to Miami. Usually in Florida if I have to wear a coat in the morning, I don't need it in the afternoon when I leave work, but today I needed my coat.

Would you like an explanation for the above photos? Those are some of the scenes in "ICE!" at the Gaylord Palms Hotel near Disney. We were there before Christmas and tonight my brain isn't too cold to be creative. I thought it would be fun to use them in describing how cold it is here.

This was my first day of work this year and a surprise awaited me. My boss was already in his office working when I arrived at 8. The morning is his creative time but usually he works elsewhere until closer to noon.

Vernon is much better tonight than last night but he didn't make it to work today. His fever is gone and he is hardly coughing. So we are happy with the improvement. No matter how cold it is for us, we know this is nothing compared to those north of us, so we aren't complaining. The soup I made in the crock pot yesterday sure hit the spot tonight. Thank God we are warm and filled. Time to sign off.