Brr

[ailbhe]

Had shower, did hair, dressed in underwear, long socks, knitted top, wool jumper, jeans, knee-high fleece-lined boots, fingerless cycling gloves. Went into the snow to hang laundry, which included wrenching pegs from a frozen heap on the table, then breaking the ice off so they could be opened.

Emer has woken again and is refreshed; Linnea is still fairly miserable on the sofa. I phoned my mother to warn her about the temperature.