MBN,
Very nice photo. Your boxes look 'content' sitting there relaxing in the winter weather. I was going to say "Uh-oh, you're missing a weight, but I notice that you have that one secured with a ratchet strap.
I can't believe the extremes we're having in terms of weather. A short while back, I snapped the following photo, and a few days back we had a wind chill that dropped below -10F.
Now to our surprise, yesterday and this morning we got a blast of summer weather. Yesterday we went out and cut a load of wood for our older neighbors across the road, the kids played out in the yard and went for a walk in the woods, and we just enjoyed the weather in general as did our bees.
Last evening we sat out on the porch in short sleeve shirts (temps reached the mid-60sF) looking at the Christmas lights out across the valley. These warm spells are amazing. I don't remember getting these in this area while I was growing up.
Our temps are dropping back today and it's raining again. MBN - I suspect yours is coming back as well. We have some colder weather coming back in the next few days, and then later this week I think you're sending us some lake effect snow.
Happy Holidays!