OKLAHOMA ICE STORM

The photos here were taken after a record setting ice storm in our part of Oklahoma back in January, but due to so many different things happening in my life, I never finished drafting the blog entry.

Today we have once more set a record. This time a record cold for Easter, so it seems appropriate that I finish this blog at this time.

During this ice storm and the many, many days that it ‘hung around’ I was more glad than usual that I have had to retire early. I find no joy in the fear I encounter when trying to drive a vehicle in the ice or even snow. I love everything else about a winter snow, as long as I do not have to get behind the wheel of a car.



There were three different levels of icicles
hanging from the roof outside the laundry
room window.
















The old tomato plants on the deck and the dead
tree branch I was going to break up for firewood,
made interesting ice sculptures.















This dead plant was incased in ice and sparkled
like a diamond tree in the sun
















This was looking out the breakfast room
window at the pond which had been dry all
Summer, now filled with ice and snow.















This close-up of a twig shows the thickness
of the ice. It also reflected the sun beautifully.