Coldest Night in Seventeen Years

Cosily ensconced in our heated living room I gazed out the window and thought something has changed, the light seems different, it's almost as if... spring is coming!

And then hubby came up to the window and showed me what he found in the bird bath. At 4.30 in the afternoon!

I guess I shouldn't be surprised, it was -8℃ 17℉ last night. That's our coldest night in seventeen years. During the day though it got up to a very pleasant 14℃ 57℉.