February 8, 2009

Winters are mild here in Texas and last January 28, we experienced a freeze, which rarely happens.  Roads were slick with ice, which caused a number of vehicular accidents and which prompted some school districts to suspend classes.  In some areas, the start of classes was moved to 10am instead of the usual 7:45am.

I, for my part, was pleasantly surprised with what I saw when I took a peek out of our window.  The leaves seemed to have been laminated in ice!  Let me show you…

Frozen water droplets on leaves

This photo and the one above it were taken at the little patch of grassed land in front of our house.

This one was taken at the back of our house.

The leaves were frozen to a crisp.

I peeled the ice off some leaves.  I love how the details of the leaves were transfered to the ice.

Here’s another one.

And this, my handful of readers, is our neighbors downspout. 

Anything left outside overnight would have frozen. Even Hamilton watches!  This icey day was so much different from the flurries  we experienced in the earlier part of winter.

I haven’t done a tag for some time now.  Over at Facebook, I’ve been tagged about 5 times to write 25 random things about me.  Truth be told, I was surprised that memes found their way to FB!  I decided to just do the tag here.  Here goes nothing:

1.  I don’t like cats.  It’s nothing personal.

2.  I can play the piano.

3.  I can speak German.  I actually earned a Zertifikat Deutsch, a certificate of German as a second language.  Unfortunately, I seriously lack practice.

4.  I took an Italian language course, too.  That was before I turned 17.

5.  I find metaphysical science fascinating.

6.  I attended a seminar on Basic ESP and Intuition under Jaime Licauco and realized I have a talent for “remote viewing”.    I wasn’t successful in spoon bending though.

7.  I’m blessed to have been able to visit 16 countries, some of which I was able to visit more than once.  It was my Mom who literally showed me the world.

8.  I’m a self-confessed mommy’s girl.   I. Want. My. Mommy!  Now!!

9.  I can make a knot with a cherry stem using my tongue.

10.  I have three active blogs.

11.  It annoys me when people say “Bora” for Boracay.

12.  I love sushi.

13.  I was a girl scout all four years of high school.  No Citizen’s Army Training (CAT) for me.  Ha!

14.  I used to say “Jap” for “Japanese” with reckless abandon, until hubby pointed out that the Japanese find that offensive.

15.  I cry easily…tv dramas, weddings, good-byes, etc.

16.  I hate good-byes.

17.  I love Target.

18.  I type at a fairly decent speed…85 words per minute, with fingers properly positioned on the keyboard and without having to look at the keys.

19.  I love to bake.

20.  I love taking pictures.

21.  I’m not a morning person, but have no choice but to be one.  Ugh!

22.  I am longing for a Philippine vacation.

23.  I’ve made friends, albeit virtually, with a good number of people.

24.  My all time favorite movie is Silence of the Lambs.

25.  I have no clue what Nikon rifle scopes are.

There. Done.