The windchill this evening gave me an instant brain freeze when I rounded the first corner when leaving work.  It was worse than ice-cream brain pain.  

The deer family visited the yard so early today that I didn't even have the chance to get outside to fill their food tub.  I felt sorry for them this morning.  The thermometer dipped to -33C last night on my thermometer.  Frost built up on the tips of their hairs.  I managed to get a photo of one of them.  It looked like it must have been cuddled up to another deer on one side of it's face.   The side that was left to the elements was frosty white. 

When I tried to sneak outside, I scared the deer off.  They did not return before I left for work.  I doubled the amount of grain that they've been getting.  I checked the feeder when I got home and it was empty so I made sure to fill it in case there was an overnight visit.

The weather has been brutal; windy almost everyday which is causing some severe windchill.  I spoke too soon when I looked at the historical weather from 2013.  The coldest overnight temperature in February of 2013 was -19.8C.  So far, this year, there have been 6 nights with temperatures recorded in the -20Cs; most in the high numbers close to -30C.

I love winter because there are no bugs, no allergies, no poplar fuzz and no heat headaches.  The only thing I don't like is the wind.  I don't like it in the summer and I dislike it even more in the winter.