Ah... winter in Russia

In case you have not heard... it's been quite a winter here in Russia. We spent pretty much all of January and some of February in temperatures of -30 C and sometimes even colder. The picture here is from warmer day... -22.5C. I had to get out the shorts and the t-shirts...

It got so cold the lock on our cottage froze (on the inside of the house)!








The snow is now piled about 4 feet high (that's without drifts... we've received that much). Supposedly, we are supposed to get another 3 feet over the next week. We will see :)