-40

when the weather becomes so cold that heading outdoors is on a need to only basis
and that consists of quick trips in warmed up vehichels.  When there is no reason to be anywhere but at home is the choice.  When the govenor closes schools for the entire state on a monday when the high temp was -23 and the windchill dipped down to -50
there are only so many movies one can watch, and so many books to read, and after days upon days of sharing this space a change needed to happen..so I searched for some science experiements to do when the temps drop below zero...
the first one was testing how long a wet t-shirt took to freeze
about 3 1/2 minutes at -23

 

she bravely donned her coat (okay actually she was rather eager to head outside in the bracingly fresh air to hand the shirt on the clothesline

next we boiled water and threw it out the window..no picture of it turning to vapor and snow
it happend to fast for the camera to capture

and finally as the sun set and darkness fell we blew a few bubbles outdoors
and watched them freeze..yes they are mittenless and most likely not dressed for the conditions
but they live in minnesota, they can handle a little cold in tiny bits and pieces

 

frozen bubbles turn rubbery and flexible a rather fun experience
to actually catch them on paper and watch them roll