January 3rd, 2008
ice spider webs
Yesterday, while sweeping the latest accumlation of snow off of the van, I found two “spider webs” on the left lower corner of the windshield. They were almost perfect ice crystal webs (click on above photo for a larger view). I’ve always thought it neat that certain patterns are repeated in nature.
The snow is quite deep here now, presenting an almost daily challenge to shovel the walk and find somewhere to toss everything. Both sides of the walk from the front door to the lane have banks as high as my shoulder now. I’m hoping that we don’t get too much more snow before the current accumulation has some time to settle and compress. You can get some idea of how snowy it is in the photo below. As you can see, the snow is filling in the landscape around the outbuildings. The time has come to break out the snowshoes.
Tags: ice crystals