-5* today going up to mid 20's this week then back down to below "0" temps again.. Been in the mid teens to mid 30* below most of December. Gets down to about 3 & 1/2 hours of day light in December. We are gaining about 6 minutes of sunlight a day now.
Dead of winter starts when the heating bills go way up and the wood shed starts dwindling. Then there's the point that you can't get a shovel in the ground from the end of September to May. The blessing is it's rarely windy here as it does in Utah and other places. May 5th the buds start,and the mosquitoes are out at the same time, winters over. Dead of winter is from about 1st of November to mid February.
My wife gets glum and starts saying "winters coming, the days are getting shorter" on June 21. She also does't get all smiley on December 21 say "summer's coming". Can't figure that one out.
