Almost Too Cold For Icicles

Here we are with our first daytime temperature reading of zero degrees Fahrenheit of the winter. This morning frozen vapor rising from the not-yet-frozen part of the river painted the trees and plants white. I admired this wintry fairyland from inside the house . Later when we did venture out the sun' rays had erased most of the white frosting even though the temperature is still well below freezing. Snow crunched loudly underfoot. The car started with a some hesitation, and my red car is covered with a not so lovely frosting of ice and ugly brown road salt. However warm it needs to be for the stuff they are using now to melt, today didn't reach it. It has stayed below freezing here for two weeks. The North end of Ed's unheated garden shed shows no sign of melting.



Looking closely at the Southeastern corner of the shed, a short little icicle can be seen. Even though the temperature has stayed below freezing,the rays of the sun have caused a little of the snow on this corner of the roof to melt.



The Southwestern corner of the shed has quite a magnificent icicle, given our cold temperatures. It's actually almost ten times longer that the other one. It makes and interesting compass. If you're lost out in the cold, don't bother looking for moss on the North side of trees, just check out the icicles.