Mt. Rainier and Lenticular Clouds - Dec. 2008 copyright: JMM

January 23, 2015

Frozen Water, Frozen Water, Infant.

Ya like that?  See what I did there?  

In keeping with the bipolar weather (and I mean that literally since we are going from bitter cold to so mild you don't need a jacket), we had a small/minor icy rainstorm one night and we woke up to a thin but pretty layer of ice on everything.  Not enough to be destructive....well that is until it started falling off wires and bridges as the morning warmed up (we had a dicey drive to Sandwich and home, narrowly missing chunks that were crashing to the road in front and behind us), but enough to be very pretty.

Marsha took this stunning photo and you must click on it to appreciate it in larger form.  She got just the right angle where the ice is lit up in vivid rainbows by the sun.  It looks like the trees are covered with Christmas lights.  This was taken in Sandwich, near where we got married.


I was out in my yard too, shooting some snappies.  Ice is so pretty in the sun.  The crystals are beautiful.


About all I got on my trees were shining branches.



Ice droplets on lilac.  In just a few months, that will be covered in beautiful and intoxicating purple flowers.


That same night, we had a beautiful, freezing cold sunset.  But too cold for me to go down the beach to shoot it so I stayed in the yard and shot the clouds.


And the crows.






14 comments:

  1. The pictures are amazing! Your friend really captured a stunner! WOW...good job to both of you! ♥

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    1. Thanks Kathy! I just love Marsha's pic. I was so glad Marsha let me borrow it for my blog.

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  2. The crow shots are amazing! I love the one with the crow landing.
    I love ice on branches, the way it sounds like fairy music with just a slight breeze.

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    1. I forgot about that sound. There wasn't enough ice to do that this time. It was a rough drive to town though w/ chunks falling onto the roadway.

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  3. ...finally...your site has loaded up on my computer.

    Hi JoJo,

    Marsha and your good self have captured an icy ambience. Most impressive and I'm shivering just looking at the photos.

    Oh great, my computer is about to crash again and my camera is broken!

    Enjoy your weekend.

    Gary :)

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    1. Thanks Gary! Hey my brand new computer up and died on me after 23 days! Tell me there isn't something to Mercury Retrograde!

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  4. Lovely pictures. I tried to get a photo like that, we had freezing fog, and the trees looked exactly the same. Never been much of a photographer though.

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    1. Thanks! Marsha hit the jackpot with that one. The right angle, right time of day and everything.

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  5. Was definitely worth clicking on the first photograph - beautiful :) My fav is the first one with the birds, they almost look like fake they are so black! xx

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    1. Thanks! I got lucky with those crow shots. They flew into that tree, which is down the street from me, and I happened to have my zoom lens outside w/ me at the time. They flew away shortly after I took the last picture.

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  6. Hey Jojo....give us some of your cold will you? lol Lovely pics, adore the
    way you've captured the colour of the clouds coming in behind the trees.
    Cheers, Anita.

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    1. I would love to trade you a little bit of our cold for your warmth....although like I commented on your blog, I would DIE if it was 114 in the shade. How about I donate as much as it takes to bring us both to around 60*F? lol

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  7. I love to look at all your pictures, even though I am a bad commenter, lol! I'm really in LOVE with the last picture on this post, though. The one with the crow in flight. Could I ... try making it into a cross stitch pattern?

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    1. Thank you so much Tama. Yes, if you would like to attempt to make a pattern from that photo, please do! I'm flattered!!!

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