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Gina O'Brien • @ginamari9

Laguna, Calif.

Sarah • @dottidee

Minnesota – Just another day in "Minnesnowta." J was going to go to class and I was going to do our weekly grocery shopping but I'm seriously doubting the cars will make it out of the driveway. So we scratched those plans in favor of knitting, cooking, applying, and winter cleaning. I hope wherever you are in the world you're warm and have kittens to cuddle.

Lucia • @bagelsandcrawfish

Bethesda, M.D. – Neighborhood snowball fight.

Ashley G. • @northerngrammy

Bigfork, Montana – A little break for these hard-working doggers! We run dogsledding trips in the Swan Valley of Montana. Today we were running two teams of six inuit sled dogs. Conditions were definitely a little on the warmer side, especially for these doggers, who prefer the cold. The colder it is, the harder they pull for sure! So with temperatures in the high 30s, needless to say these dogs were definitely thankful for this little break on the snow to soak in the coldness of the snow!

Nessa • @twothirdssky

Koonorigan NSW, Australia – I took this picture of our daughter in our backyard pool. I think the noise of the dodgy old ceiling fan in the kids room helps them sleep. So humid you cannot eat chocolate.

Megan Fraser • @croftsbend

Evansburg, Pa. – I've put it off for years, but this is the year I'm taking action. Here's hoping the roads stay snow-covered. Also these are the only poles the shop could loan me. Hilarious.

Tyler Ford • @tylerford

Mojave Desert, Calif.

Alexandra Chapman • @abchapman1015

Winnetka, Ill.

Rachel Houska • @rach_a_pach

Bariloche, Argentina – Okay, God. I see you. Wow. Traveling through Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Peru.

Mackenzie Karp • @mmkarp

Eugene, Ore. – Treacherous walk to the grocery store. Done with the snowy sludge.

@anastasiabishop

Vail, Colo. –Who needs Sochi when Colorado is a day away? At Vail Mountain Resort in Colorado.

Jerry Mathes • @jdmathes

Central Coast, Calif. – She sizes up the waves for her first time bogey boarding on a California Central Coast winter's day.

@narahseel

Warsaw, Ind. – Carnegie icicles at Warsaw Community Public Library.

Bryce • @brycearoonie

Long Beach, Calif. -- Perfect winter day. Leeway Sailing Center.

@fiveanddiamondhudson

Hudson, N.Y. -- Snowshoeing at the Hudson River.

R.g. Wong • @glomean

Redondo Beach, Calif. – Fog and a chill in the air won't keep Southern Californians away from the beach. We just put a jacket on.

Elisa Weiss • @epupp

Kauai, Hawaii – This wave caused these people to relocate. Winter in the Hawaiian Islands means powerful ocean swell.

Alexander Papuskiewicz • @tenzinnors

Lac Assal, Djibouti – This crater lake is the lowest point in Africa. Though it may look cold and frozen at 509 feet below sea level, don't be fooled – that's not ice, it's salt. For this native Minnesotan, 100 degrees in the middle of winter is a welcome change.

Your Public Squares • Winter Where

Together, your pictures make a visual cross-section of February weather around the world.

Each month we team up with NPR's The Picture Show (and this month our new partner, Michigan Radio!) and ask you to share your stories with us for a community photo project called Public Square. This month, we asked you to show us what your winter looks like.

Here in California, we saw lots of pictures of beaches and desert. We saw sled dogs trudging through the snow in Montana, extreme humidity in Australia and 100-degree weather in East Africa.

Check out all your winter pictures here.

Look out for March's Public Square theme soon!

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