I don’t think it’s possible to cram anything else into this cabinet, though I did add a silver candlestick which you can’t see because it’s on the left in a corner.

Success! We went outside yesterday around 1 pm with our new jumper cables in hand. After watching a couple of YouTube videos because it had been so long since either of us had jumped a battery ourselves, we carefully attached the clamps. We spent the most time trying to find the recommended ‘unpainted metal’ in my car that we were supposed to use as a ground for the negative clamp. (Drawings in manuals are always hard to figure out. And I mean – ANY manual.) Don started his car, I waited about 5 minutes, then I turned the key and….huzzah! It started right away. Then we took off the clamps and I drove around for about half an hour.

When I returned, I pulled up to the shed next to Don’s car (which is more protected from the wind – more on that later) and I saw a few deer up in our woods, so I stayed in the car. Wait a minute…I kept seeing more deer…there were 13 or 14 of them! I’ve never seen that many deer on our property at the same time. Maybe 6 at most. I waited and then I couldn’t wait any longer so I exited the car as quietly as possible but they heard me, of course. I went in the house, alerted Don, and we looked out the window and were able to see all of them run off in a long line, flicking their white tails.

It was glorious to see.

Anyway, Don said he read a lot about frozen/cold batteries and that’s what happened to mine. The wind on Friday was so extreme and it came from different directions throughout the day. The wind chill was way below zero. My car, parked near the funky patio, was unprotected. Don’s was parked facing the shed. So his battery was fine, but mine froze.

Last night, I went out to make sure I had completely shut the door of the car when I was trying to quietly exit earlier in the day. I had, but I took the opportunity to start it – just to check that all was well – and it started immediately.

Weather: no snow on the horizon except the occasional snow shower (that means nothing sticks or stays) at least through February 20th. I don’t see any snow on the mountains either – at least the portion of the ridge that I see out my front window.

I cannot remember this happening before. It’s a bit alarming.

Stay safe.

Happy Monday.