Wintery Mix
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Yesterday we experienced our first ‘wintery mix’ of the season – although it was more freezing rain than anything else. I took photographs through windows of the house; it was too cold and hazardous footing to venture out. It was a good day to stay at home. Our gutters started filling up with ice (but the downspouts stayed clear)
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And the skylight on the covered part of our deck was covered with a layer of ice and fringed with small icicles.
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Ice coated vegetation too. A small limb on one of our trees broke as I watched. There might be others that have split that will require trimming next spring. The pine branches are leaning – looking like giant bottle brushes – but will straighten as the ice melts.
The evergreen bushes caught water on their leaves that froze as it dripped off – a mini-cascade.
The azalea bush outside our front door is my favorite with its reddish leaves turned to cups for ice – overflowing.
Later in the day, the temperature climbed above freezing and much of the ice melted enough to fall from the trees. This was not an event that lingered!