“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb in his skin and walk around in it.”... “Atticus was right... Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gxy2qxxpzo Gaetz withdraws from nomination

Sweden is preparing its citizens for the possibility of war. https://www.msb.se/en/advice-for-individuals/the-brochure-in-case-of-crisis-or-war/

The North wind shall blow and we shall have snow, and what will poor robin do then, poor thing? Hey, at least the cloud cover means it's currently ABOVE freezing! Only just, but a bonus!

oh good grief! https://archive.is/iD723

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtVVU0Si184

My heating is burning up those pounds and pennies like money is going out of fashion!

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Already eaten two bowls of today's soup - and portioned off 7 portions for the freezer! That'll keep me going for a while! 🍲 😋 ♨️

Ooft. -3 C last night, going down to -5 C tonight, with a high of 4 C all through the day. Winter is officially here!!! Brrrr... stay cozy folks! ❄️

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Morning campers! Hi-de-hi! Well, there's a good dusting of snow on the Ben next to me this morning, that wasn't there yesterday. And so it begins... Winter is officially here. 🌨️ ❄️ ⛄ But first, coffee...