Ice Storm Beauty 2019

Ice Storm Beauty 2019

A few weeks ago we had a serious ice storm.  There is only one thing that I dread about winter and that's an ice storm.  Usually during an ice storm our electricity goes off for many days but thankfully that did not happen this year.  I also did not hear about any horrible accidents - everyone wisely stayed home.  Anyway, the beauty from this storm could not be ignored - below are the many pictures that I took during the ice storm of 2019.  ENJOY!

The picture below shows the berries from the "fire shrub" or "burning bush":

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

This is the seed pod from the Rose of Sharon (click HERE to view what this flowering bush looks like in full bloom)

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

This is a long-needle spruce tree:

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

Below is the grape arbor - click HERE to see pictures of the grape vine during harvest and to read 
The Parable of the Vine

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

The picture below is the spirea shrub - click HERE to view what this flowering shrub looks like in full bloom:

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

This is the place in my garden where most of my sunflowers are grown.  Click HERE to see the 26 varieties of sunflowers that I've grown to date
26 Sunflowers and Counting...

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

The final two pictures show the ice that built up on the inside of my windows (they are original windows from the 1960's - definitely time to replace these windows) (these pictures were taken in January during the deep freeze and not taken during the ice storm).

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

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