There was some light freezing rain this evening which caused some slippery roads as the ice coated various surfaces.
Icy Needles
Picture of the Day for December 31, 2022
The freezing fog overnight left some frost on the pine needles this morning and there could be more freezing fog again tonight.
Frosty Needles
Picture of the Day for March 30, 2022
Morning revealed an icy coating on most of the surfaces outside, as even the individual pine needles were coated in ice.
Icy Needles
Picture of the Day for February 5, 2021
The wind has created a lot of snow drifts and wave patterns in open fields, but in more protected areas, some snow is still clinging to the pine needles.
Needles Poking Out
Picture of the Day for January 5, 2021
The sunny morning revealed another frosty day, but the early sun melted the white layer faster than yesterday.
Feathered White Frost
Picture of the Day for December 8, 2020
The fog overnight created some frost on these white pine needles and decorated them for the winter season but I was glad the frost melted by noon.
Frosty Pine Needles
Picture of the Day for March 7, 2020
The “snow creatures” are popping up in the road ditches again this March. The warmer temperatures have been melting snow but there are spots where either dirt, hunks of sod or pine needles prevent the snow from melting as fast as the surrounding area leaving raised interesting bumps along side the road.
Snow Piney Creature
Picture of the Day for November 12, 2019
The forecast is calling for some possible snow tonight and for tomorrow. This pine cone and the pine needles has a warmer ‘fallen’ feel than falling snowflakes even if individual snowflakes can be pretty. Winter came too early this year and shortened the already short autumn season.
Fallen Pine Cone
Picture of the Day for March 24, 2019
I spotted these “creatures” in the road ditch. I didn’t know if they look more like soldiers in camouflage, cavemen in woolly mammoth coats or some other scary creature hiding along the road. But these creatures will eventually melt like the wicked witch of the west, whenever the sunshine can penetrate their pine needle coats.
Camouflage Creatures
Picture of the Day for October 26, 2018
The pine trees are also shedding needles now too, even though they are evergreen trees, but pine trees can hold their needles for 2-5 or more years, depending on the species and spruce tree hold on to theirs 5 to 7 years. The white pine is more noticeable with its needle drop as it only holds its needles for two years so the ground is covered in needles, which makes a nice place for this mourning dove to stay dry from the light rain under the branches.
Dove in the Needles
