Winter photos from Ohio

The Coffee Shop
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Trekked out to a state park yesterday to get some pics. This past week we had a “significant winter weather event” (as the NWS termed it) of snow, freezing rain, sleet, and then more snow. While it was a mess on the roads (and still is, thanks to the 4" of snow and then rain on top of that that created a massive layer of ice that is still on the roads in my subdivision), it was beautiful in the woods. Everything was covered in a clear coating of ice, and when the wind came up, everything crackled from the fracturing of the ice on the limbs. It was really cool. Anyway, took my son Nick and my Nikon D50 out to get some pics. Here are some, hope you like 'em.

Edit: I posted a bunch, and for some reason some are showing up, and others are not. I’ve tried 3 times now, to no avail. Anyway, here’s 3 pics.

Spot

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These are some cool pics (no pun intended). I hate winter, but every now and again there are some aspects of it that make me appreciate the beauty of the world. Ice storms like this are beuatiful to look at.

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Here is one from my garden earlier this year. We had a freezing frost come through that left a frost on basically anything that was outside.

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This is one that is from last year where we had a “winter event” like you just described. This is the top of the tree line in my backyard.

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Here is another view of my front yard from the freezing frost incident.

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And my poor pine tree looks like it is just hanging on.

Bernie

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Very nice…

Spot

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Well, thanks. It is all relative…these pictures mean that we are having a hell of a winter. They are pretty though.

Bernie

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Brrr…

My contribution to the winter photos

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We had a huge amount of snow this year. 2 feet in a couple days. Nuts for where I live.

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That is a Honda Element under there, somewhere.

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Some more photo’s from this Ohio winter… I went for a hike in Hocking Hills today. Everything was melting and ice was raining down from the Hemlocks, but it was beautiful!

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Mark

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**That is a Honda Element under there, somewhere. **

I Would have guessed a Land Rove based on its height.

That is a ton of snow for you for sure.

Is it all gone now? Ours has persistently hung on. It seems as though it will be another nice day in the low to mid-30’s. I might actually find my driveway again.

Bernie

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Those are gorgeous pictures…even for winter ones! Staggering.

Bernie

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All gone except for one little patch that refuses to give in right by my mailbox. That’s how we ended up with all that flooding a week after these pictures were taken.

The icefalls are incredible. Really beautiful.

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Very beautiful.

In the winter here we get “Tule Fog” which is basically zero visibility ground fog. A walk at night in the Tule Fog even has its beauty.

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Damnit, I want some snow sometimes. Even though the 78 degree weather was nice yesterday, mixing things up a bit is a good thing for me.

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These pictures were taken last winter, but the scene in front of our house today is close to being the same - in fact their might be a bit more snow this year! Yes that’s right, the snow banks are over 5 feet tall!

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Some more photo’s from this Ohio winter… I went for a hike in Hocking Hills today. Everything was melting and ice was raining down from the Hemlocks, but it was beautiful!

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Mark that is amazing. i really need to go there sometime. thanks for sharing these.
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Is that kid for hire? I could use that sort of worker around here.

Bernie