It’s definitely high winter in the Midwest. The heaviest weight of this storm fell north of us, but we got a respectable amount of ice last night, though the temperature did rise above freezing and start melting some of that this afternoon; it will be interesting to see what the weekend brings. Anyway, I thought I’d post a few pictures (the rest after the break), because as destructive as they can be, ice storms are beautiful, too.
That tree isn’t having a good year; it had one of its trunks (if that’s the right word for them) break off earlier this year, and now it’s lost another one to the ice:
There’s even a little green under the ice:
taking advantage of a day off to catch up on the 175 unread posts in my reader… and saw your pictures. 🙂 love the last one – that’s really pretty.
Merry Christmas, my friend. Wish I lived close enough to make it to your church for Christmas Eve, as I know it will be lovely, worshipful, and extremely Christmas-y. Ah well – one of these years. 😉
Thanks. We should also add, not flawless. *wry grin* (Ah, well–one of these years. 😉 )