Saturday morning...

We got into the 20s here yesterday, then a pretty covering of fresh snow, just enough to buck us up through the next cold spell.  We will definitely appreciate spring this year, though it should be quite interesting to see what happens in the melt.

Still,
meat keeps better in the freezer than dried out:  I'd still choose this over California's conditions, weatherwise...  my body/skin couldn't take that dry heat.  Frigid, perhaps temporarily, but not arid.

It's weather austerity, is what it is...
Pick your poison, and no cost-shifting "back-outs" later, when the piper comes to collect his fees.