Our Country Cottage A Narrative

  Nice day to visit Our Country Cottage and perhaps clear the driveway. I was looking forward to riding the tractor in the sun esp after new fallen snow. Everything just looks so good. I noticed as I passed the solar panels that they were three quarters covered with snow, but I figured the sun would take care of it for me. As I pulled up I opened the garage with the remote and all was good to go. My first indication that something was different was when I opened the door and found about a ½ inch of frost on the hardware (knob etc) and the edge of the door. I then noticed that the thermometer was reading -10 in the mudroom. I have never seen it that low. I rushed in to see what the power system remote had to say. Batteries were at 30% and red lights were flashing all over the place. I noticed that the living room was also -10 degrees C. A horrible thought crossed my mind as I rushed to the downstairs bathroom only to find 2 quarter inch cracks in the toilet tank and ice in the bowel. It had frozen solid. The