A cold and frosty morning

Here's another thing we haven't seen in a while.

Cross country skiing at night on Roan Mountain

Tim sent this photo of Jeff, Margot, Annie, Gib and Astra from this past Saturday, January 26.  Highly recommended.  Tim also made a little video here.

Frozen Crabtree Falls

Katey Schultz made this little video at Crabtree Falls during the big cold. 

Paul and mannequin, Spruce Pine

Here's something we haven't seen in a while

The swimming hole at Green Toe Ground.

Dreams continue to resist destruction

Thanks to everyone who helped put on the 2014 Dreams Die Hard Diner (number 32)--and to everyone who came out for New Year's Day breakfast and made it a great start to the year.

These guys cooked a lot of eggs, bacon, sausage, and spuds while honing their complaining skills.  "Whadya mean, they want their eggs well-done? What'r they tryin' to say, anyway?"

In the middle of the world

Michael Fishbach saw Nancy and Miika's Nepal picture and sent this picture of himself at Mitad del Mundo, the middle of the world, a park located in Ecuador on the equator. (Or almost on the equator, it turns out.)