Welcome sun!

Happy somewhat belated Yule to everyone.

I was very keenly aware of the time the sun spent above the horizon today – it was -15°C outside, and another ten degrees colder with the wind chill. And due to the design & orientation of our house, the heat in the house was off for the entire time the sun was up. Yay! for passive solar heating.

The fact that I spent the day baking (and therefore standing next to a hot oven) probably also helped quite a lot. I cleaned the kitchen within an inch of its life, baked 20 dozen cookies, and took the poor puppy out every two hours all day – he has a significant digestive upset due to a raw sausage he stole off the kitchen counter last night. At least I now understand his signals when he’s telling me he needs to go out!