"Twosday" Ice Storm - 2/22/22

"A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky unbidden and seems like a thing of wonder." ― Susan Orlean … and today’s “ice day” was even more wonderful.

Rime Ice

“How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!” —Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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This week, we woke twice to magical, sparkling branches that I thought was hoar frost until I learned that this lovely weather phenomenon is actually rime ice. Rime ice happens when the water droplets of a dense fog (in liquid form) are super cooled by coming in contact with surfaces below freezing. Hoar frost is when water vapor (which is a gas) freezes onto a below-freezing surface. I love learning new words. Science + vocabulary + seasonal beauty = LOVE!

Today was a challenging day for all Americans. I needed to find some beauty in the world.

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Playing in the Snow

“It was the kind of snow that brought children running out their doors, made them turn their faces skyward, and spin in circles…” - Eowyn Ivey

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Winter at Cave Point

"How many lessons of faith and beauty we should lose, if there were no winter in our year!" - Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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Capture 52 - Week 4: The Color Green

“Even in winter it shall be green in my heart.” - Frederic Chopin

#Capture52 #Capture52week4 #green

#Capture52 #Capture52week4 #green

Capture 52 Week 2 - Landscape

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” - Marcel Proust

Nagawicka Lake #capture52week1 #2020capture52 #capture52 #landscape (35 on 52)

Nagawicka Lake #capture52week1 #2020capture52 #capture52 #landscape (35 on 52)