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The University of Minnesota’s Department of Psychology celebrated its centennial in 2017. I took this photo at 3:00 p.m. today.

I am still using a Windows computer.

Although it felt like spring had finally arrived in Minnesota, it now seems like winter is back. A snowstorm moved in today, and it is forecasted to bring 8 to 14 inches of snow to the Twin Cities metro area by Friday, April 12. I took this photo on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota.

I am still using a Windows computer.

This morning, maintenance replaced a lamp on a street light outside of the St. Paul Student Center at the University of Minnesota’s St. Paul Campus.

I am still using a Windows computer.

The University of Minnesota’s College of Liberal Arts (CLA) celebrates its sesquicentennial this year.

I am still using a Windows computer.

I am temporarily using a Windows computer.

I took this photo today of Northrop Auditorium at the University of Minnesota. It was taken with my Motorola Moto G6.

I took this photo yesterday (February 5, 2019) with my Motorola Moto G6. As I was looking at the photo today, I realized it was a good enough photo for this blog.

Yesterday was a beautiful snowy day in Minneapolis. The Metro Green Line, a light rail line, provided the perfect foreground subject against the backdrop of the East Bank’s buildings.

For my mom’s 60th birthday, I got her this kaleidoscope. We just received it from Amazon (this was also our first package shipped by Amazon). It’s a solidly built product. She really likes it and was surprised to receive it because I had told her I wasn’t getting her a kaleidoscope.

By tomorrow morning, the Twin Cities will be slammed with the coldest weather since 1996. Where I live — in Chanhassen, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis — wind chill values will be as low as -53°F. I’ll be holed up inside for today and tomorrow. I already had to see a doctor last week about possible frostbite on my fingers (I was talking on my cellphone outside without gloves while walking between classes at the University of Minnesota — lesson learned!). I’m not taking any chances this time.

Speaking of the University of Minnesota, my journalism professor informed our class that the University had only closed once in the last 40 years due to cold weather, and that was in 1996. I was, therefore, overjoyed when I received an email last night from University President Eric Kaler. In the email, he announced that the Twin Cities campus cancelled classes after noon today and all day tomorrow. (Note: While writing this post, I received another email from President Kaler saying the Twin Cities campus will close after 5 p.m. today through Wednesday [tomorrow] and that classes will resume after noon on Thursday. Even better!)

I thought I needed to document this somewhat historic weather with my camera, but I didn’t want to venture too far outside. So I took this photo of my front yard around 3 p.m. today, when the wind chill was -41°F.

A cold snap is beginning in the Twin Cities, with a low around -13°F and wind chill values as low as -29°F tonight. It was a little warmer this morning when I saw this sun dog (if you don’t know what they are, read the Wikipedia article).

I took some photos today in my neighborhood in Chanhassen, Minnesota. I initially wanted to highlight the fact there’s been barely any snow this January because of the relative warmth and lack of snowfall. But then, when I got back, I realized how nice the photos turned out because of the clear sky. These photos were taken over the course of 13 minutes on a 12°F day.

[UPDATE, 2/10: I changed my Twitter username to @ns1988.] For those interested, I created a Twitter account two days ago. My Twitter username is @pugsounds. Can you guess what famous album that’s an allusion to (hint: The Beach Boys)?