Falling rain when the ground temperature is below freezing is never a good combination as the rain froze on the roads and other surfaces like tree limbs.
An Icy Day
Picture of the Day for December 2, 2019
As the winter storm moved off to the east, the sky sparkled as the sunshine revealed the ice coated tree limbs.
Sparkling Limbs
Picture of the Day for November 7, 2019
With the string of cold nights, the water in my pond is already “stiff” and the fallen leaves are frozen into the ice. And with a predicted low of 3 degrees tonight, it doesn’t appear the leaves will become free in the next few days and may be trapped until spring.
Pond is Stiff
Picture of the Day for April 16, 2019
The sunny and warm day helped to melt most of the recent snow and the water surrounded the old willow tree again but not quite as bad as the first main snow melt.
Old Willow Tree
Picture of the Day for April 14, 2019
The freezing temperatures overnight caused an ice layer to almost cover all of my pond. There was a small patch of open water in which I spotted a pair of Wood Ducks and Hooded Mergansers floating close together. They probably needed the bigger body mallards to break up the ice, but at least by noon, they had this bigger patch of water. At least the ice wasn’t as thick or damaging as the iceberg that the Titanic hit 107 years ago on April 14 and sank less than 3 hours later.
Freezing Over Again
Picture of the Day for March 14, 2019
After two days of rain and fog, I definitely need to find some ice skates as my icy driveway has been polished to a slippery mess. It may be a while before the ice melts and the gravel reappears.
Icy Driveway
Picture of the Day for January 24, 2019
The sun peeked out in between snow showers but the wind whipped the snow around to make it seem like it was snowing longer and there was even some like cyclones of snow spinning up into the air. On an icy day, like this photo, the snow couldn’t blow around with the ice layer holding it down.
Icy Snow
Picture of the Day for November 26, 2018
My pond refroze since the colder weather has returned but the water created unique inkblot like patterns across the surface of the pond.
Ice Spots
Picture of the Day for September 29, 2018
Winter was trying to take a nibble out of autumn with a few snowflakes in the sky as the temperature dropped to freezing this morning.
Bite of Winter
Picture of the Day for April 9, 2018
The red-winged blackbirds have been very vocal and they are probably complaining that the pond is still covered in ice where they often build their nests among the cattails. But with nights below freezing, they better not try to lay eggs yet until it warms up to melt the ice and snow.
No Nest in the Cattails Yet
