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HBR<\/strong><\/p>\n

If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lucy Larcom<\/strong><\/p>\n

6:30 AM. It was cold in the house. -6 in the fire room.\u00a0 I am THANKFUL I left a fire ready to be lit.<\/p>\n

I got that started, cats were fed, but no water. I knew I had to gather snow for melt. It is -33 outside. Even through gloves it hurt to hold the steel bowls. My lungs already damaged, hurt with every breath.<\/p>\n

I am sitting in font of the fire, my kettle also filled with snow waiting for the big melt. Oddly enough very thirsty, as I am sure the cats are.<\/p>\n

I figure another 15 minutes before I see melted water. They couldn’t wait I poured the kettle into the cats bowl to help their melt go faster. That was a good choice, inside the kettle was a rusty cap screw caught up in the snow gathering.<\/p>\n

Liquid water distributed I made the trip up to the loft. It was time to open the last bottle of store bought. I filled the kettle and the pasta pot with water.<\/p>\n

Coffee made it was time to cook gluten free pasta for later. Then it would bestored in tupperware till lunch or maybe breakfast.<\/p>\n

It is still an hour before daylight. It will be a dark day, cloudy , snowy and too cold to run a generator. I hope the solar has enough charge to last me the day.<\/p>\n

I just checked the forecast, big surprise the extreme cold warning has been extended. Like I have said in many posts the cold never leaves on time.<\/p>\n

The forecast says:<\/p>\n

Very cold with a little snow at times with little or no accumulation, extreme cold can be dangerous for outdoor activities<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ya whatever. What was important to me was cold, cloudy and windy. By midnight it would warm up to minus 20 with 13km\/h wind gusts. Then tomorrow\u00a0 0 degrees and rain. Yup rain after a cold spell means freezing rain.<\/p>\n

That will make the snow gathering even more not fun. Yes I feel like a pioneer from a hundred years ago.<\/p>\n

Daylight now, clouds confirmed. I came down to check on the latest bowl of melt. Another 2 liters plus a half liter I forgot this morning now solid.<\/p>\n

Cats bowls were filled again, not actually filled but water added. I should fill the giant bowl again but I wont. 2 trips outside was enough. My back says no.<\/p>\n

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