The deep freeze

Brr!  Just looking at snow or ice makes me feel cold.  And there is a hard frost again tonight with more snow forecast for the end of the week.  Our garden doesn't look quite like this photo.  Even in the midst of the deep freeze of last week it didn't look exactly like this.  But at times it came quite close, especially around the pond.  Speaking of which,  I do hope some of our fish have survived, but I'm not sure how they could.  The low temperatures have affected both my mood and my libido, my appetite for food has increased, I seem to have become more slothful, so what the cold weather would do to fish swimming around in sub-zero conditions is anyone's guess.  Perhaps the fish respond by hibernating?  That would certainly be the smart thing to do, the sensible option. Personally  I can't wait for Spring to arrive.  I have officially now had enough of the Big Freeze, even though it did lead to some bonus holidays in the form of days off work.   I really don't think I could be happy as an Inuit, unless it was an Inuit living in the south of France.