Snow clumps

The other day clumps of snow fell off the trees in lines, producing some interesting effects. More photos below the cut; click to show individual images.

It’s snowing

So have some pictures with ice.

They’re mushrooms. In case you couldn’t tell.

The last day of February

Where did the time go? Well, some of it went to walking in the woods.

Light and shadow and it’s still wintery enough for the light to be all golden.

Weather

We’ve had rather a lot of it, haven’t we? Today it’s raining and the snow is super-saturated and heavy (this is the Voice of Experience speaking, as I went out and shovelled) and it’s altogether miserable and nasty. And yes, I know that it will melt, but it WILL MELT A LOT FASTER if one shovels.

January ice

It’s been more cold than not for a month or so now, and that means ice on puddles. And I love taking pictures of ice. So here’s a start, from recent excursions.

The ice is pretty thick; this chunk, tossed up previously from a puddle, is a couple of inches thick. (And today I caught Our Dog walking across the ice on the slough—argh.)

You find interesting things in the woods sometimes; this bucket was left by someone working on an unofficial trail. As far as I could see the ice in it was solid all the way down.

And it’s so varied, especially when we start getting a bit of hoarfrost.

Gorgeous.

From January 14th

From yesterday’s walk in the woods.

Snowy walk

From a couple of days ago.