Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Ice and Sun



March seems to have transformed my blog into The Weather Channel. Every day seems to bring new changes to marvel at. We've had a string of sunny days, with temperatures still hovering near freezing at night.



At the lake this past weekend, we saw the ice transformed into transparent sculptures on the rocks and branches. Sheets of icicles hung from fallen trees and dripped into the lake.

I guess the algae that usually fills the lake dies off during the winter, because the water was very clear near the shore. We sailed bark craft off into the calm lake. One rock passenger earned the nickname "Zen Rock" as he patiently sat in the middle of his boat and bobbed peacefully in place.

5 comments:

knittingiris said...

What beautiful shots. I've never seen icicles quite like that! We have gorgeous river stones around here, too, but in different tones than yours.

mayaluna said...

I've never seen such varied colors at the lake... where were you, I want to go, too! I've been loving your gorgeous weather station, (ahem...) blog!

Margie Oomen said...

Fantastic photographs again. I love the pictures of the stones. I can't help but look at that and see dozens of potential little merfish.

smoothpebble said...

Land of enchantment and wonderment! I want to gather a basket of those colorful smooth pebbles!

Marchi Wierson said...

wow the photos are so beautiful.