Crushing It

 Some leftover wintergreen candy canes, unwanted. I crushed them ...

and then stirred some into a cheescake, with the remainder sprinkled on top. Not too bad, just tasted a little bit like mouthwash!

Boston Fingerprinting

Our expedition this week involved a drive to Boston, a short ride on the T, a walk in frigid winds channeling through city streets, and fingerprinting for Dale's evisa for the U.K. (he's hoping they'll let him live there with me!). Now we have to sit and wait for 30 business days to hear if they'll accept him being sponsored by me.

Documents in hand ...

Gemini helped us figure out the best way to get into the city from Maine, without getting stuck in traffic - we parked at the Wellington T station (Orange Line) in Medford, then traveled stress-free to our destination. We felt like we were back in the 1st world - it was great having access to the T with just a tap of our credit cards. Very slick.

Ice Globes

I tried my hand at making some ice globes again this year seeing as the weather is so frigid. In one night I got these three results, with very little effort.

This one ended up more as a fruit bowl shape than a globe, because it's overnight placement meant its lower half was partly covered by snow, stopping the water from freezing (it's been inverted in this pic)

The structures of formation inside were quite intriguing

Holding On

What makes these particular pieces of snow and ice hang on the way they have? Everything around them is doing something else - I guess they're marching to the tune of a different drummer!