Morning revealed new snow drifts and it was harder to shovel since it was heavy snow. The long winter has me dreaming of sitting on a beach where the water isn’t frozen and sand instead of snow.
End of Day at Lake
Picture of the Day for February 28, 2019
February may be the shortest month, but it was long on snow. A record setting snow amount of 53.7 inches fell in Eau Claire for the month. Many road banks are piled very high which makes it hard to see oncoming vehicles at corners. This cliff on the shore of Lake Superior is like the snow banks as it hides what is around its corner.
Tall Cliffs
Picture of the Day for February 27, 2019
The wind has created drifts and ripples in the snow which could look like waves on a lake, but there isn’t any warm sandy beaches yet since they are buried under several feet of snow.
Warmer Waves
Picture of the Day for February 25, 2019
The blizzard this weekend made it hard to see very far as well as creating large drifts. I rather see a summer storm which can hide a lighthouse and creates waves on the water since normally it is warmer weather and you are not stuck not fighting with snow for weeks.
Summer Storm
Picture of the Day for February 16, 2019
Some of the houses have large icicles forming from their roofs from all the recent snow starting to melt but at least they aren’t quite as big as these icicles along Lake Superior shoreline.
Curtain of Icicles
Picture of the Day for February 4, 2019
I had to “play” with ice today since my cement was an ice rink and my driveway wasn’t in much better shape. It even took some pounding on the mailbox to get the door open which was coated in ice. I prefer to enjoy ice on other landscapes than my driveway, like the ice formations on the shore of Lake Superior.
Many Icy Colors
Picture of the Day for February 1, 2019
By noon today, the temperature rose to 7 above zero so people ventured out again to resume activities and even warm enough for ice cream for dessert.
Above Zero Ice Walk
Picture of the Day for January 31, 2019
The last day of January ended on a cold note with another morning at -32 degrees and still below zero as the day ended. But with less wind, the wind chills weren’t as extreme but it will be nice when it gets above freezing.
Frozen Falls Inside a Cave
Picture of the Day for January 30, 2019
Old Man Winter definitely has his teeth biting into the Midwest with the -60 wind chills overnight and hasn’t loosen his grip today either.
Bite of Winter
Picture of the Day for January 29, 2019
This afternoon’s wind chills were colder than the day I hike miles across Lake Superior to view the ice formations even though it was a cold day too where some of the ice was turning blue. I might be a little wimpier in my older years as I don’t think I would have tried the walk on a day as cold as it was today or will be tomorrow even to see something so interesting.
Cold Ice Formations
