There's cold, and then there's COLD!

We've set some all time low temperature records here lately. For the past several nights, it has dipped into the low teens and sometimes even single digits. Add in the wind chill from our lovely East winds, and it feels unbearably cold outside. It's chilly. But I guess I am very sheltered and blessed to have a warm roof over my head because I didn't really realize how bad things were until I saw this out our back window:



This is the rock bubbler in our backyard, almost completely covered in ice - and it's still running. Yes, that is running water that has frozen solid. I thought that was pretty amazing, but by this afternoon, it got even worse:



So now it's completely incased in ice and the water is running underneath. Very cool to look at, but I was a little worried that it was going to damage the pump or the lines or somthing. Kamaki assured me we are actually better off letting it run because it's connected to the sprinkler system, so we are ensuring that one of the pipes doesn't burst. Since he knows what he's talking about and I don't, I guess I have to believe him.

Above all else, this makes me beyond grateful that we have a warm home this year. Bundle up everyone!