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.

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