January 07, 2004
Crystal Goblets
In uncustomary fashion, I'm going to do the photographic equivalent of eating SugarSnaps right off the trellis or picking a tomato from the vine and eating it on the spot. While this one is still warm from the camera, I'll just enjoy posting it minutes after it was taken. What a luxury we have available to us in this medium, don't you agree? To see beauty, news, history being made, and put it before the world in minutes!
There will likely be plenty of opportunity to watch the ice sculpt itself this week with temps not pulling out of the low thirties. If I come upon something too good to keep to myself, I'll share.
Posted by fred1st at January 7, 2004 01:08 PM | TrackBackThey remind me of fowl hanging upside down in a Chinese grocery window.
Posted by: Fran at January 7, 2004 04:32 PM
Beautiful!!!
Posted by: Marjorie at January 7, 2004 10:13 PM
These remind me of the roots of mangrove trees but with ice. What are they?
Posted by: Jenny at January 8, 2004 04:02 AM
Actually, Jenny, it is simply grassblades that droop over toward the edge of the creek. They begin to be sprayed with water when the air temps are below 32 F. More accumulates near the water and so they become thicker toward the bottom, and then turn clear when they are so heavy that they are touching the water. It is truly amazing. I wish I had timelapse of the changes just since this morning. But I missed it. Darn!
Posted by: fredf at January 8, 2004 12:17 PM