This start to 2018 has been a bit more wintry than most. The big thing has been the 76 hours below freezing for starters, which will reverse for the next ten days. Remembering that usually by March 1, buds are opening on the trees here. One of the more unusual sights, besides people forgetting to shut off their timers on their sprinkler systems, has been the fountains and stack pipes along main underground water lines. Large lake fountains fire up just enough water to keep them from freezing but they still do. At least, they don't burst pipes if there is water running. Still, I have seen some unusual ice formations. The frost flowers are the most unusual. I missed the best opportunity for those by a day but there were some formations that were pretty cool none-the-less.
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| Frost Flowers |
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| Some Grow Taller Than Others |
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| The formations are so neat. |
