It's a cloud. That is what approaching snow looks like here. And that's my walnut tree, which you probably know as well as I do by now.

Okay, I haven't been anywhere or done anything except chat to people on Skype, most of which was not very good news. Meh.

We've had the Giorni della merla (blackbird days), the last 3 days of January, which are apparently the three coldest days of the year.
They weren't. The blackbird is on her way...

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