Apr 13
Ice on the water
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In winter, the ocean near my cottage ices over and you can literally walk on water – frozen water.
The ice has mostly broken up now except for the sculptural schlogs that I found drifting slowly across the still water on Sunday. In the mist and against a moody sky that changed by the minute, it made for some interesting photographs.
My favourite shot is the natural ice sculpture that looks like a pig doing a head stand in the water. In another shot, you can see a typist bravely testing her rubber boots in the icy waters. They kept my feet dry, but the rubber boots couldn’t stop the coldness from seeping through.
And if you stopped and listened you could hear the drip drip drip of the ice melting. Spring!
April 14th, 2008 at 12:57 am
Those are beautiful pictures.
April 14th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Drip, drip, drip! SPRING IS HERE!!!
April 14th, 2008 at 2:42 am
Great photos GT. I live in California. I thought ice only happened in the freezer.
April 14th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Great Pics GT…brought back memories of that wicked storm we witnessed in Dec when Anne Boone was in town!
Nanc
April 14th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Beautiful! I like the table one the best.
April 14th, 2008 at 7:59 am
snazzy boots!
April 14th, 2008 at 9:51 am
That upside down pig picture is immense. Love it.
April 14th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Nice pics as usual, however i think I had a seisure when I saw the picture of you boots.
April 14th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Your boots may not keep your feet warm, but they sure do keep them stylish! Love them!
I love the polar bear table photo too, and, needless to say, the gorgeous moody colours of the sky as it meets the water. Fabulous.
April 14th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Legally, are you responsible for the epileptic seizures that those boots (or photos/facsimiles thereof) may induce? Did they come with a warning label?
I’m just asking….
April 14th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Bubs, thanks!
Megan, and no one appreciates that sound more than you!
Chance, thanks, it can feel like living in a freezer in January. Makes us appreciate spring all the more.
Nanc, yes, only that day was much wilder.
MdG, thanks, it was just floating along.
April 14th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Deepti, you’re supposed to admire the pictures first before you admire the boots!
Allison, I love the way you say immense!
Dick, you’d better have a nap to recover.
BB, thank you. You obviously have taste, unlike some of the other commentators here! And thanks, the light was quite amazing yesterday morning. That’s when you get the good shots.
TagBagger, the warning label says: boots may cause blindness, heart palpitations or death. But they keep your feet dry.
April 14th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Wow! How gorgeous! Lovin’ the boots, btw.
April 14th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
You always have the best photos.
April 14th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Falwless, thanks they are v. Gene simmons. Check out BeckEye’s blog for that ref.
BeckEye, thank you. In your pain, you still found it in your heart to say something nice. It’s touching.
April 15th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Wow, that first picture looks like Grumpig. Not so much the jpeg on the link, but what Grumpig looks like in video games.
April 15th, 2008 at 9:19 pm
WP, I’m not acquainted with Grumpig but from the picture, I see what you mean. The piece of ice had such a cartoonish quality.