Oz convinced me this morning, because its warmer now at 20°, to go for a walk with him down to the creek. It might say 20° at the house but it is much colder down by the water. The sun is far behind the mountain so deep in the valley so the creek is cast in a chilled twilight.

The frost in the shadows here builds up nightly, making some rather fantastic creations.

Once under the cedars and next to the creek it felt as if the temperature dropped even further than is was just in the mountains shadow.

As expected the first thing to happen was the boy and the dogs went skidding across the ice.

Only then did they set to exploring.

Most all of the creek is frozen over. Only a few pockets remain open.

This hole stayed open last winter until it was nearly -40°.

At this point my camera was getting cold it enough it kept an error reading. I managed to get a few more shots before heading back up the mountain to the Little Cabin and the fire place.

