The Frozen North

Well winter is definitely upon Vermont. As I sit here I look out my window our yard. It is covered with 17" of snow which fell within the past 2 days. Since you can still scroll down and see last year's pics, I won't bore you with additional images—yet.

Before the snow, only a little over a week ago, we received one of those historic New England ice storms. For 3 days, trees covered with 1/4 inch of ice created a crystal forest. It was beautiful. It was dangerous. Limbs fell. Trees fell. One area in Westminster, looked as if a tornado blew through. Unrooted birch trees strewn across and on the roadside, taking out the power lines along the way. 

Fortunately we lost our power for only a day. It's been 10 days on and there are still electricity displaced people in NH.

Here's a couple of pics. I couldn't capture the sparkle as well as I liked. Note our tiny stream doubled in size.