This winter is relentless. Between early snowstorms in December and multiple polar vortexes, (is that the plural of vortex? or is it vortices? vortexi?!?) the northeast has been one enormous commercial grade freezer since I came home from Italy. Yay.

This photo of Lake Cayuga really sums it all up. Lake Cayuga is the finger lake that touches my beloved upstate New York second home of sorts, Ithaca, where I spent the holidays this year. The heavy wet snow and Christmas Eve deep freeze brought us ice as a Christmas morning present. Beautiful, but I’m cold just looking at this.

Frozen Cayuga Lake | Ithaca, New York