Cold weather views. Buying countries - is this part of Black Friday?

 It’s still very cold. We hit a high of 0° in the early afternoon but today began with -6°. One of the back roads which was moderately slippy yesterday looks as though it might be turning into a glacier today. And we have some rather picturesque icicle developments on the wall of the local textile mill. 

Later in the day Granddaughter Number Two and I walked to Greenfield to collect the two smallest from primary school. We walked along the rather frozen Donkey Line and along Den Lane, looking down on Uppermill, snapping photos of icicles and fungi as we went.

Freezing fog seemed to have descended on the hills, giving the impression that the sun was just trying to rise at about 2 in n afternoon. 

About-to-be-inaugurated-as-president-again Donald Trump wants to make Greenland part of the USA. He’s offered to buy it and has been turned down. The USA, of course, has form for buying places. In 1867 they

 bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million in 1867 (equivalent to $129 million in 2023). Before that they bought Louisiana from France in 1803 and Florida from Spain in 1819. As recently as 1917 they purchased the Danish Virgin Islands (excluding Water Island) from Denmark. 

Here are a couple of cartoons in reaction to this proposed move. 

More seriously, he has apparently mentioned that it is not beyond the bounds of possibility to take Greenland by military force! Frightening stuff!

Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!