Okay, so it's cold...

...but it 'aint this:


This here is one of my former homes, Madison, Wisconsin. Which actually doesn't get that much snow...usually. Days like the ones we are having in Portland are generally much more common: arctic high pressure, bright sun, brutal cold. Actually come to think of it, my neighborhood in Portland looked a lot like this just about a year ago:



Everything is all topsy-turvy! Still, part of me would love to be in Madison right about now...