The sun did not appear in the afternoon like the weather forecasters predicted and the clouds remained thick so you couldn’t see through to the sun, like not being able to see through this water.
Interstate Falls
Picture of the Day for December 26, 2019
While many people may have been in stores today exchanging gifts, I make a point to avoid stores during crowded days and I prefer a nature walk so it is too bad that the weather wasn’t warmer for a hike to less traveled waterfall, like this narrow one that twists and drops seventy feet.
End of the Drop
Picture of the Day for December 25, 2019
It was a white Christmas but at least above freezing for most of the day so not as cold for outdoor activities and travel.
Merry Christmas
Picture of the Day for December 24, 2019
Growing up on the farm as a kid, sometimes we would cut our own Christmas that needed thinning from our windbreak, and besides being a Charlie Brown Christmas tree, they were magical too. Since every year they magically grew several feet taller as soon they passed through the porch door. If you waited to cut a tree here today, at least the snow would have been melted off it as instead of covered in snow earlier in the month.
O Christmas Tree
Picture of the Day for December 23, 2019
The snow has been settling and compacting in the warmer temperatures but not melting enough to run off. Some rivers and spring fed streams are still flowing but my little pond has settled into its icy blanket.
Wintertime Stream
Picture of the Day for December 22, 2019
The above freezing temperatures has melted most of the snow off the trees. And some farmers were able to combine corn today which has previous been ice and snow covered, but there are still fields with standing corn waiting to be harvested.
Corn Harvest Continues
Picture of the Day for December 21, 2019
With the start of winter today, Mother Nature had it snowing on me again. Except the white falling stuff was the hoarfrost blowing off the trees from the coating overnight. And it decorated the Christmas tree with natural flocking until the sun melted it off later in the day.
Frosty Trees
Picture of the Day for December 20, 2019
There are some people who take close up images of snowflakes, which isn’t easy to do as they have to be kept cold so they don’t melt. I rather do some close up photos when it is warmer, like inside an iris blossom.
Iris Inside
Picture of the Day for December 19, 2019
The late December sun, when it appeared in the clearing skies, was very low to the horizon creating long shadows on the snow. At least soon the sun will start to climb higher in the sky again so that it will reach above the trees.
Low Sun
Picture of the Day for December 18, 2019
The overnight temperature below zero helped create ice faster and these cold icicles can be pretty with a monster teeth look to them.
Cold Icicles
