Brrrr.

1-25-07 VERMONT: It’s wintry now. It was zero this morning. We have about six inches of snow. We came up yesterday, and I shoveled snow and filled the bird feeders before dark. The fireplace flu closer was frozen to the top of the chimney, which I discovered only after starting a fire. What a mess. This morning a smoke alarm, which didn’t go off yesterday, started beeping and needed new batteries. Country life.