Cold, but so far so good

Good news, at -22C (-8F) the cabin is still warm with the wood stove pretty much dampered down nearly as much as possible, and the truck started.
Hurray!!!
Forecast is for  a low of-33C (-25F)  and a high of -22C (-19F) on Tuesday, I am pretty sure that to start the truck I would need to plug in the block-heater... we'll see. Even if I am not coming to town, and I am probably not, I may try the truck just to see if it starts....the key is of course to make sure that I do not drain the battery trying to start it.

I am just back after two weeks away (I had to go to Calgary) and came back to the cold weather and the totally frozen Slave River. Two weeks ago there was not even floating ice cubes on the river and now it is nearly totally frozen with rare open patches... that's was quick!

Prints in the Snow

I love to look at the prints in the snow when I go for walks.
There are quite a few creatures around. I know there is a pack of 15 wolves but I have not seen them. I have seen some of their prints though. But here what I saw on my last walk.

Lynx prints, the clearer prints on the right.

A poor little dead mouse. It looks like the blanket of snow crystals should keep her warm.

Rabbit prints:

And my all time favourite: a wing print. Every now and then you see the full set with the two wings and I LOVE though. I've seen quite a few but so far not any that were quite right to photograph.