It is cold outside

Ground surface temp is 24�F air temp is 14�F and it's only 22:00 Will be interesting to see what is recorded for evening minima -- around 5:00 When the air is below 20�F or so, you get a little 'pucker' in your nostrils when you inhale. Know that feeling well -- have two cords of firewood left and the house is nice and warm. Critters are doing well and Lulu and her son are having a lot of fun. Spending the next couple of days cleaning guns -- her son and I both recently got Mosin-Nagant rifles (under $150 for something in decent shape and surplus ammo is about 30�/round -- high caliber; just under .308 in power) and a bunch of ammo. Planning to spend the next three days cleaning off cosmoline.