Groceries. Cleaning. Some pre-cooking—pickled beets, pastel de elote, tourtiere.

And, making a new squirrel baffle. The one in place the past few weeks was breached yesterday. One particular squirrel made up his mind that he could get over the disc blocking his way up the pole; and with that knowledge, he was able to do it. Of course, word soon got around. The new disc is nearly twice the previous diameter, and we'll see if the power of positive thinking can surmount the insurmountable.

Still cold, and the baro is now way up high, with the needle almost pegged at the top end.