In the Phoenix area, people are still walking around jacketless in sleeveless shirts. And it’s just ten days shy of Christmas! Weird. I wonder if it has gotten cold enough in Buffalo to spray water on the back yard and make an ice rink there. What a kick that was–to shovel the snow in the middle of the yard out to the edges, make bunkers all around, stomp the remaining snow flat and packed, spray it with the hose, then wait overnight and hope for not too many lumps or grassy patches. The hot chocolate was free, courtesy of mom.