winter

[beige_alert]

It's just under -20°C out now, with clear skies. The sky isn't exactly dark in the city, especially not with the snow reflecting the city light up, but the stars are pretty nonetheless. Also, while it's basically waste and pollution, the smoke rising from every single chimney is sort of pretty. It's a bit of an adventure walking a few kilometers on the snow-covered path through the woods. There is a path fairly well packed down by people walking through, but at night it's very hard to see, so it mostly has to be found by feel. The extra work of walking on the snow keeps you warm, anyway. With all the wind chill warnings you'd think we were all going to be killed instantly, but I was a bit too warm at times. Fortunately that's easy to fix.

More snow expected Saturday, and somewhat warmer. More skiing weather.