WiseAcre Gardens

A light snow ushered out the last of the warm January days yesterday. We got 6 – 8 inches of incredibly fluffy stuff. I feel a bit dumb after shoveling the driveway now. After thinking about it I could have used the leaf blower on that snow.

Enduring a little bit of snow is better than being in the cold cold ground. I at least got their feet out of the mud during the thaw and placed them on the picnic table.

Forget it. One of us will lay an egg before he puts us away.

Wind followed the snow and blew the winter wonderland look away. It did form this Innie and Outie close enough to get in a photo though.
Both stems probably started out with the snow cones around them. I figure the unbroken one had an affair with the wind and screwed around until it ended up in the hole.

The small stream continues to flow. The cold reigns on the surface and most of the stream appears to be frozen in place. But even the sub zero temps can’t penetrate the insulating blanket of snow. You can tell the swamp is unfrozen under the snow when the mud wants to suck off your boots. In the stream, water still flows beneath the ice and occasionally breaks free to the surface only to be swallowed by the snow and ice again and again on it’s journey downstream.

Look again at the last photo and you should be able to tell the spot this one is of. There were a number of interesting ice and frost formations but getting down to their level is impossible without getting wet. I ended up on one knee in the water to get these shots. Maybe next time I should use the zoom?

Flowing water and wavy ice are nearly indistinguishable. The larger waves in the ice give it the appearance it has more movement in it than the flowing water.

Frost mimics fungus.

Yours Truly – a frosty reflection.