Bug eggs have to survive this extended cold. Puts the hurt on the weak. Slipped on the driveway ice but did a nearly perfect judo fall. Skinned my palm just a bit. Usually the sun burns off all this ice in 1-2 days, but this is hanging around abynormal.

Dug up a peter pepper plant from the garden last fall and it resides in a large pot inside the house. Daily it waits for a short burst of sun through the window. Most of the remaining chilis are starting to turn red. These buggers are pretty hot and only good to cook with. I enjoy the smell of minced chili, ginger and onion browning in a pan. This is a good start to many recipes for me. This spring I will put that plant back in the garden for its third year of life and produce. This is the chili plant that got mowed down repeatedly by a rabbit two summers ago and it has a twisted and gnarly base. I wonder how many years I can keep it alive?