Life in progress


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Force Of Nature

Remember the pretty icicles?

iceice

Look! No more icicles!

no icicles

And no more eavestroughs too!

*grumblegrumblegrumble*


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Adventures on My Paper Route – Strange Formations and a Pretty Bird

Brave, hardy birds, cardinals are. Today was cold and crisp – a pleasant 9 degrees C, (16 degrees F). I heard him singing first – they have a very distinctive song.

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But the thing which has puzzled me for the past few weeks is this odd way the icicles have been forming… or leaning after they’ve formed. It seems they only do this if they begin above a window, so the only reason I can fathom is it has something to do with the heat from inside.

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lean

The first is an east-facing wall, and the second is a north-facing wall, so the sun has nothing to do with it.

Any ideas?


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Toothy Icicles

Three different shots of the icicles outside my bathroom window:
The first is fixed a little – in actuality I could see the icicles sparkling through the blinds, but they didn’t turn out well, even with some editing.

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The second looked like something I might see on the morning after the night before:

fuzzy window

And the third is like a bad nightmare gone worse:

teeth

Which one do you like best?