(NOTE: this is a continuation of the last post....)

Ah, the holidays. The time of year when everything seems to go, well, "wonky". Everything gets interrupted by special activities, special sales, special music, special decor and special meals.

Don't get me wrong ... I LOVE the holidays.

But I also love to get back to "normal" afterwards.

Normal schedules, normal activities, yup, even normal TV....

But this?

This is definitely NOT "normal" for January in Winterpeg:

"Normal" for January here is oh, about - 40 C...

And even stranger, for the first time not only am I feeding the bunnies in our yard (as documented LAST YEAR), it seems someone hasn't tucked himself away for winter hibernation yet:

The little chippy was enjoying the nuts, seeds and fruit mix I sprinkle at the tunnel opening in the snow the bunnies have made - down below that tree stump under the deck. The plump yet fastidious go-getter not only was feasting on the treats, he was er, squirreling away (because "chipmunking away" just sounds stupid) most of them in that flower pot. For every one he ate, another three or four were buried deep into his treasure trove, cleverly up out of the reach of the bunnies.

Nope, nothing around here seems normal at all yet...