It's way too cold!

Highs barely in the 40s and lows in the 20s.  Oh well, this weather is ok until the end of December.  This weather fits for Christmas.  But after December, it would be nice if this cold weather would just go away!

Guillermo's been working hard outside trying to save some of his most treasured plants and citrus trees.

This is how the Staghorn fern looks right now.  Before this cold set in, it had gotten really nice looking.  A plant to be proud of!!!  But it is incredibly big now, and very heavy, so there was no trying to move it this time around.  Plan B had to go into effect, which is to just cover it up and hope for the best.

And the wind is really whipping up this tarp that is covering the citrus trees.  We joked that with these near 40mph winds overnight, that the tarp would be down the street come the morning.  But no, Guillermo did an excellent job (as usual) of securing that tarp so that it wasn't going anywhere.  He even added an extra tarp the next day, (enduring the bitter cold wind) since the following night it was going to be even colder.