A week ago I found beautiful ice formations along the Butler-Freeport Trail at Monroe Road.
Water’s constant drip made a curling fountain.
And some of the icicles accumulated frosty teeth.
The weather was warming that day and part of this massive ice cliff …
… had crashed to the ground across the trail.
Here’s one of the smaller chunks near my boot. I’m glad I wasn’t there when it fell. Watch out below!
This weekend the weather has been unseasonably warm.
I wonder what the icicles look like now.
(photos by Kate St. John — taken with my cellphone because I forgot to bring my camera)
There is beauty everywhere. I love natural ice sculptures. Do you see the face of an owl in your first photo?
Joyce, no I didn’t notice the owl’s face. I’ll have to look again!
The ice formation with the frosty teeth might have a small cave behind it with moist air flowing out of it.
Lovely!
they are still there and even more massive now with the weather we’ve had and don’t typically melt completely until spring.
water in any form is so magical; especially during partial run offs creating ice shelves over creeks…