The rain yesterday melted some snow and water was running in ditches and eventually flowed into creeks and rivers, but the below freezing temperature today is putting an ice layer back on the water.
Winter Water Flowing
Picture of the Day for February 14, 2023
The day was filled with red colors for Valentine’s Day as even Mother Nature provided a reddish sunrise. There is a saying “Red sky in morning, sailors take warning”, which can come true in the middle latitudes and when the storms generally move west to east. With sunlight reflecting off particles in the air, the red sky can indicate a high water content in the atmosphere so that rain cold be on its way. And it came true today as it started to rain a few hours after sunrise, which isn’t common in February, but maybe a good thing it was rain today otherwise it may have been a foot of snow instead.
Valentine’s Red Sky
Picture of the Day for February 13, 2023
I spent some time this afternoon scooping water away from the office door which was trapped by the snow banks and couldn’t drain away. But if I didn’t throw it far enough, the water would drain right back into my mini lake and it felt like a losing battle at times, like trying to empty the water out of the opening in the ice at Siskiwit Falls.
Siskiwit Falls in Wintertime
Picture of the Day for February 12, 2023
There was water pooling in areas from some snow melting today but with build up snow, the water couldn’t drain away from my driveway cement and will create a frozen patch of ice by morning. Water was running across the sheet of ice by the Lake Superior ice caves where water was seeping from the rock layers that created the icy waterfalls. Ice grippers on your shoes were helpful in crossing the smooth slick ice after the water refroze.
Pooling Icy Water
Picture of the Day for February 10, 2023
The winter day stayed below freezing today, but it still was 40 degrees warmer than nine years ago when I ventured out on to Lake Superior ice to visit the ice caves on a rather cold day.
Superior Ice Caves
Picture of the Day for February 4, 2023
The day started out at zero degrees but it very slowly warmed to the 20s by afternoon with the sunshine brightening up the snow cover on a wintery Saturday.
Winter Sunshine
Picture of the Day for February 2, 2023
Punxsutawney Phil and Sun Prairie’s Jimmy the Groundhog predicted six more weeks of winter, but if winter only lasted six more weeks, that would be an early spring for here. It was too cold for any of my furry rodents to poke their heads out of their winter dens, but they wouldn’t have seen their shadow at sunrise, but the dozen turkeys crossing the road at noon did see their shadows so it might be a really long winter.
Turkey Predicting Long Winter
Picture of the Day for January 29, 2023
The below zero temperatures can cause frozen fingers, but it can also create interesting frost patterns on windows which resemble fern leaves.
Frosty Patterns
Picture of the Day for January 26, 2023
I wonder if there is a contest among the critters to see who will be the first to leave tracks in the fresh snow.
Fresh Tracks
Picture of the Day for January 24, 2023
There was a brief sighting of the sun today before it clouded up again for the next snow front approaching tonight.
Sun and White
