Saturday night before we went to bed, Tracy brought in the basket of violas I had purchased earlier in the day. An ice storm was predicted for Sunday, and when I saw the basket of flowers sitting next to the snow shovel, I just had to take a photo.
There were a couple of positives that came out of it all: we didn’t lose power, and I finally had a subject for this month’s Five in Five meme hosted by Sandie.
Yesterday as we were getting ready to go to the belated Easter celebration at my brother-in-law’s I hopped out of the car with my iPhone and took a bunch of photos of the ice-encrusted plants and stone wall.
These photos are a far cry from the ones Honoré posted a day or so ago from Washington, D.C. We aren’t expected to see temperatures much above the high 40’s all week so I think flowering trees and beautiful tulips are still in our distant future.
I’ve never seen anything like this. The photos are fascinating and really beautiful. I don’t really understand how the ice formed like that!
Oh my! That was a real ice storm! The photos are lovely tho…hope you’re thawed by now. We’ve not had ice but lotsa winds and rain this crazy spring.
Quite a study…Mother Nature is most interesting, most…
Karen, what amazing photos! I’ve not heard of ice storms before or seen plants encased like this in ice. It seems your own spring flowers, like ours in UK, are struggling with the cold and drawn out winter. All your photos are stunning and l like the last one for its texture. Thank you for taking part in this months 5in5 and introducing me to this phenomena. l hope your plants survived the shock without damage.
Such beauty in what often is So destructive. Our neighbourhood is litter with down branches & trees from the 3-4 inches of ice.
The ice makes for amazing photo ops but I’m betting the plants didn’t appreciate it much!
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