The sun was out bright today but sunny days in the winter can be very deceiving as they normally mean cold days. Even the sun wasn’t strong enough to melt the ice off the tree limbs in the below freezing temperatures. Some of the limbs sparkled in the sunlight while others rattled in the breeze. Birds would have trouble eating this ice crusted berries.
Icy Berries
The trees were covered with ice and snow this morning. The sidewalks and roads were slippery with the ice too as winter continues to hang on.
Icy and Snowy Trees
There was a frosty layer on my cement this morning, but no pointy frost on the trees today. When it does get frosty and it starts to fall off the trees, then it looks like it is snowing. But it sounds like snow is coming and will cover the trees with snowflakes instead of frost crystals.
Pointy Frost
Those heading out to church this morning had another sub-zero chilly start to the day, but at least the sun was shining making the snow seem even whiter.
Chilly Sunday Morning
With a new layer of snow overnight, the rodent was correct that winter is still here and the poor pine trees are going to forget that they are supposed to be green and not white.
White Trees
That rodent was right, at least about winter being around for a while, as more snow fell today, putting a new layer of that white stuff all over everything.
Another Snowy Day
I’m not sure why any marmot would venture out on a very cold -17 degree morning to look for its shadow to supposedly predict how much longer winter will be. Maybe that is why some groundhogs have bitten the people forcing them out in the cold for the prediction. Even if the groundhog predicts six more weeks of winter, that would be a shorter winter than we normally get. I didn’t see a groundhog out but I did see a mouse running on top of the snow, casing a shadow, so I guess there will a long winter here too unless my cat catches that rodent and cancels the prediction.
A Mouse Hunting Kitty
The morning’s light revealed another new coating of snow, which hid the ice underneath and made it treacherous for man and machine. My snowblower hit a patch of that hidden ice and slid the front tire off the driveway and all of my pushing and cat litter couldn’t get it out so I had to use my car to pull it out. The snow might be pretty until it turns against me!
More Pretty Snow
The warmer temperature and strong winds today finally started to shake and melt the snow off the trees so my chickadees can perch in their tree by the bird feeder again.
Snow Melting Off
Daylight revealed the new snow layer covering everything. The average depth was around a foot but some of the drifts piled the snow as high as the door handle. The new snow looked ‘pretty’, but it was hard to move around in it.
New Snow Cover
