Sunday: 9:05 am: More weather from the frozen north. Actually today it is relatively warm. And it’s warm enough at 17° [F.], my wife and I will be snowshoeing back into the woods to visit our neighbors. They’re not elves, but they do live far back in the woods, off the grid, and bake cookies and other tasty edibles.

As for our house, my wife is cooking some goulash with assorted aromatic spices. It smells good with paprika wafting through the house. When it’s simmered for a few hours it will be a nice warm stick to your ribs supper this evening. It’s an authentic recipe from the old country. Hmmm, Hungarian goulash from Germany: How can that be? And served with freshly baked French bread, I’m even more confused. It must be that European Union [EU] influence. Those crafty Europeans!

Back to the supposed theme of this blog – weather. We have it: It’s white. It’s cold, it’s winter and it's Maine. Luckily, for today, it’s clear. The snow storm that struck New England last week hit well south of us. For all of the disruption it caused elsewhere, we only had a light dusting of snow. Not even enough to shovel.

It’s time to plug in our espresso machine and brew a few cups to help us prepare for our snowshoeing adventure in the woods.

Current values from our wireless Davis Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 16.7° [F.]

Barometer: 29.903 & steady

Humidity: 58%

Wind: W at 1 mph very light & variable

Visibility: > 3 miles

Skies: Clear

Precipitation: None

Since midnight:

Low temperature: - 4.2° [F.]

High wind: 10 mph at 8:39 am