Thursday January 26th 1978
Birds at feeders all day on side away from wind. Peter’s blowing almost parallel to ground.
Howard woke me at 7:30 saying electric had been out since 4 a.m. no heat water or cooking. Moved dish gardens and other stuff out of greenhouse to rec room and build a fire there. Couldn’t see out the windows, frosted shut but 60 mile an hour winds driving snow so couldn’t see across the road. David called to say his surprise birthday party was off. I had decided last night not to go because of weather forecast but didn’t think it would be a blizzard. Cooked steak on fireplace grill and ate with candles. Howard had transistor radio and things are bad. But our electric came on at 7 p.m. so had a warm bed. Temperature in house 36.