This is icicles on a shrub by the front porch during our historic winter storm, cropped like crazy. Our part of Texas had never had three consecutive days as cold as three of the storm’s days were, the coldest was -2 and that temperature was what sent our power grid into a tailspin. Slowly but surely the cities are recovering though. The plumbers have not stopped working, so many water pipes froze and burst. Our home is fine and our pool is fine, we are very fortunate.
So glad to hear you had no effects from the storm. You did however, get a fantastic photo I love the textures and the light here. You even caught some fabulous bokeh. FAV
i can empathize with that cold. experienced that many times in my 30-some years here in canada. and i had experience being in -8F and i was astonished it could get cold that much i the states.
sometime in the 1990's, then partner and i drove down to chicago and it was -8F and i've witnessed something i've never seen in canada, even in our -45C windchill. we were at a gas station outside chicago, filling up, this guy who was in front of us at the pump, went to pay then came back with a can of pepsi, opened it just as he was getting in his very sleek sportscar, but got out immediately, his mouth bleeding like heck and shouting in pain. i was watching him and knew what was going to happen -- the can would stick in his lips due to the cold -- i didn't know whether to laugh or what. it took a while for a paramedic to arrive, as the streets were slick with black ice. turned out someone at the cash told him not to do that, but he didn't heed the warning. his whole lips were just stripped of skin. i joked with then partner, now how was he going to kiss that beautiful girl with him! thing was when we crossed the border back to canada it was only -10 all the way back to toronto.
You certainly have had your share of nasty weather this winter. Hope it is behind you now. Great memory shot to remind you of this when you are suffering in the heat of the summer. That's how we complain of the heat or the cold. It's always remember when...
We were fortunate here to not lose power with that 30" snow storm. So glad your home weathered a Northeast winter without any problems. My in-laws are in Corpus Christi so they were spared as well. The ice here looks like glass- good shot!
sometime in the 1990's, then partner and i drove down to chicago and it was -8F and i've witnessed something i've never seen in canada, even in our -45C windchill. we were at a gas station outside chicago, filling up, this guy who was in front of us at the pump, went to pay then came back with a can of pepsi, opened it just as he was getting in his very sleek sportscar, but got out immediately, his mouth bleeding like heck and shouting in pain. i was watching him and knew what was going to happen -- the can would stick in his lips due to the cold -- i didn't know whether to laugh or what. it took a while for a paramedic to arrive, as the streets were slick with black ice. turned out someone at the cash told him not to do that, but he didn't heed the warning. his whole lips were just stripped of skin. i joked with then partner, now how was he going to kiss that beautiful girl with him! thing was when we crossed the border back to canada it was only -10 all the way back to toronto.