Winter Ice

We had an ice storm last night. I thought I would share some of the pics from it. Mother Nature can be INCREDIBLE!

These are pics we took this afternoon. My oldest UNFORTUNATELY had to go to her college to check on a science experiment she is doing. There were SO many roads that were closed off by the city to remove the down trees, huge limbs and downed power lines….There were police EVERYWHERE. Traffic lights were just off. Leaving people to figure out how to navigate through 4 lanes of stupefied drivers. They were actually baffled by the loss of the traffic lights.

I would have LOVED to have taken more pics. However, you could hear LOUD cracks and crackling everywhere as the branches of trees and power lines were giving way to the weight of the ice. I thought it was a MUCH wiser idea for me to get the kids home safely.

Ice covered bud off of our dogwood tree

Limbs down in our backyard.

My bush covered in ice.

Pine tree covered in ice

Our dogwood tree.

Another pine tree.

Ice covered tree.

This is a tree with just too much weight on it’s shoulders!

Our dogwood tree.

Branch of our tree covered in ice.

More of the park.

My dogs’ bone they left in on the porch. It MUST taste so much better after it has seasoned.

Ice covered tree.

Ice on a metal construction fence

This is by my daughters college. The entire are was covered in fallen tree limbs

Ice on a metal construction fence

This is a row of trees that are now bending slightly from the ice.

Ice covered tree.

Part of a pine tree covered in ice

More downed tree limbs.

Ice covered trees.

Ice covered tree.

Ice covered tree in my yard.

This is a local park.

A tree bending from the ice.

One tree is completely broken, the other is actually bending.

Ice covering part of our driveway.

our dogwood tree.

Trees covered in ice.

More branches down in my yard.

Ice covered tree in our yard.

the tops of the trees were standing upright the day before.

These pics were shared on a Frederick County, MD website. We were already warned against going downtown this afternoon as most of the roads were closed off.