The woods across the road simply looks white.
Friday, March 25, 2016
The Ice Storm
We were lucky; the ice storm got us, but only enough to leave a coating of ice over all the trees and shrubs. No serious damage nearby, though we were without power last night for several hours, and further south damage and power outages are much more widespread.
I first noticed the Birch tree in our yard, with some of its branches bent right over. Birch trees do tend to be flexible like this, and I expect they will bounce back up once the ice melts.
We just got about a cm. of ice on the branches and twigs, not enough to break them very often, but pretty..
The White Pine do tend to suffer in a storm like this, but these young flexible branches will likely bounce back too.
In the meantime every single needle is coated in white.
The Red Osier looks nice under a coating of ice.
It's not just a coating of ice, but on some trees hundreds of small icicles formed.
The woods across the road simply looks white.
These are those two Pasque Flowers which I shared a picture of 3 days ago. Even these will probably recover, 'resurrecting themselves by Easter Monday' - what a great symbol of Easter!
The woods across the road simply looks white.
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Great photos. Love them, especially the pine. Happy Easter.
ReplyDeletePretty, but ice can do so much damage. Maybe spring will get up there one of these days. : )
ReplyDeleteGreat that you had no serious damage. It did give you an opportunity for many super photos.
ReplyDeleteAlthough they can be destructive, ice storms also produce great beauty.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty for something so potentially destructive. Ice storms very seldom happen over here.
ReplyDeleteThe GTA also survived the last (I hope) storm of the winter.
ReplyDeleteHello, pretty winter scenes. It is sad to see these icy trees and plants. Happy weekend and happy Easter to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteThe only good thing about the storm are your wonderful pictures! So glad you didn't bear the brunt of the storm. :-)
ReplyDeleteWoW!!! these are just gorgeous. lucky there was no damage, from the look of the pictures, i would think there would be!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures of the light coating of ice.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteWow! You got quite a lot more ice than we did. We got a lot of ice pellets with some freezing rain. It sure looks beautiful although I know it can be dangerous too. The sun is starting to melt it now but it's still not above freezing. A beautiful analogy for the Pasque flowers and Easter's celebration! Happy Easter!
ReplyDeleteThe result really is beautiful, even if it can be damaging. We got most of it as snow, and then topped off with freezing rain before it ended.
ReplyDeleteReally outstanding how the weather can change. Great photos. Warm Easter greetings!
ReplyDeleteLooks very beautiful.....and cold!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty though and great photos . Oh I wont tell you it is green down here, warm and sunny lol we got nothing but rain from the storm . Thanks for sharing , Have a good day !
ReplyDeleteWe got snow first, then ice on top of that. Result was a lot of power outages, but not as much damage to the trees. Kinda weird, actually.
ReplyDeleteWow that was some ice storm. I hope all the trees are okay:)
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you got through the storm with little impact FG.
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