Punxsutawney Phil.

Groundhog Predicts 6 More Weeks of Winter Following Winter Storm Orlena

Freezing Temps Coming Later This Week

Looking at the freezing temperatures coming up, Punxsutawney Phil had the right idea heading back inside, where it’s nice and warm.

The National Weather Service said an active weather pattern would turn significantly colder this weekend into early next week.

Chilly temperatures will sweep across the United States, but locations like Chicago will experience the coldest air the winter has yet to offer.

Here’s where temperatures may drop below 0℉:

Wisconsin
Minnesota
North Dakota
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana

Information from ClimaCell App.

Not a lot better in the UK this coming week either!

His and Hers.

Opposite ends of a table. Both working at home. His reading material football stadiums and walking guides. Her’s travel book and the Avon catalogue. Both with reading glasses strategically placed. Couple of a certain age.

Boxing Day Tradition.

‘Boxing Day field sports are traditional in rural Sussex, as elsewhere and as often or not a meet of the hunt or a pheasant shoot would provide some incident which becomes in the retelling a story to be enjoyed in the tap-room of some out of the way village pub years after.’

Carols from Kings 2020

The Christmas Eve Carol Service from Kings College Cambridge was a bit different for 2020. There was no congregation and recorded in advance it was beautiful nonetheless.

Click on the link below for the poignant In the Bleak Mid-Winter, music by Gustav Holst and arranged by Mack Wilberg, especially apt for this 2020 winter.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pTzqMi2AQF8

The Holly and the Ivy.

Of all the trees that are in the wood,
The holly bears the crown

(Traditional British folk carol) .