I is for Ice
I is for Ice
For the ‘I’ A to Z Alphabet Challenge, I decided to write about I is for Ice. Sometimes I can come up with a word without any problem, other times I get ideas from my hubby or grandchildren. Another way I come up with words is to look through my photos. That’s how I came up with Ice, I was looking through my photos and came across the ice storm we had in South Carolina.
Ice is water frozen into a solid state. Depending on whether it has impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less bluish-white color. When water gets colder than 32 degrees Fahrenheit or zero degrees Celsius, it freezes into ice. I took this photo while traveling in the mountains of North Carolina, I love how the water froze while flowing over the rocks. It reminds me of a stop in time, just hanging there. In the south, we don’t have many ice storms but when we do, I grab my camera because it’s perfect for beautiful photos since we can’t go out on the roads.
The leaves on our holly bush were encased with ice. I like how as the rain fell, the water dripped off the leaves and froze in mid-air. Being that the ice was so crystal clear, you can see the leaves right through it.
Even the holly berries are covered with the thick ice. Luckily the ice only lasted a few days so we had no damage to our beautiful bushes.
The ice was thick, very thick! As you can see by the piece I’m holding and the truck totally frozen, travel was not suggested. So instead I took photos!
Can you see the dove on the branch? I think he’s waiting for the ice to melt so he can get to the berries.
You know it has to be cold to have a running fountain freeze! Sitting inside a warm home is a good why to view pictures of an ice storm.
I hope you are enjoying my alphabet blog for the A to Z April Blog Challenge The challenge is to write a blog starting with the first letter of the alphabet on day one and continue through the month every day except Sunday. For the previous letter, I wrote about H is for Happiness and after reading this blog, you will see why I decided on Happiness. Please share your blog link in comments if you are taking part in this challenge, I’d love to read yours!
Another great blog challenge is the Ultimate Blog Challenge . The challenge is to write a blog a day for the month of April and so far I’ve completed it every day.
No wonder diamonds are also called ice…
Aren’t the beautiful Roy? The ice from the storm was so crystal clear! Thanks for stopping by.
Wow, the ice is beautiful. During the winter, I got a few ice photographs but your ice is way more spectacular!!!
Thanks Alice, we don’t get much ice but when we do, it’s beautiful! Thanks for stopping by.
Thanks Alice, I think because it froze so quickly and stayed so clear, that’s what made it perfect for my photos. It reminds me of ice diamonds! Thanks for visiting!
Love those pictures! I live in Cleveland so I’m only about a half hour away from Lake Erie and some point this winter I went to walk on the beach with my dog — it wasn’t super cold but some of the waves were frozen. So pretty! Loved the frozen fountain!
Oh that must have been beautiful to see the frozen waves Ashley! My granddaughter lives in a small town in Ohio, not sure how far from Cleveland. I love taking photos and since we don’t get that much ice in the south, I had to capture the beauty. Thanks for stopping by for a visit!
Wow, what beautiful photo’s of ice.
Thanks Sandy, it was so crystal clear as it instantly froze. Now on to summer sun! Thanks for stopping by.
Thanks for sharing this! This is amazing. The ice makes everything so beautiful. Great pictures!
Thanks Nicole, I loved taking the pictures as I was slip sliding through the yard. We had a good 3″ on the ground so no traveling was done for a bit. Thanks for visiting.
Brrrr – shivering just looking at some of those pics! It isn’t quite that cold where I am!
It’s warming up now Bill, I’m looking forward to starting the garden! Thanks for visiting my cold pictures!!
Wow! I knew about snow storms but I hardly ever hear about ice storms. Seems rather interesting! What’s the difference between snow and ice except for the color?
Hi Keesha, raindrops come from a cold layer, the ground is warmer so it causes snow. To have it turn to ice, the temperature inversion is almost the same all they way up the cold shaft so the water droplets freeze and form ice. If the ground is colder and the air above is a bit warmer, the rain hits the ground or trees and turns into an ice storm. When ice gets on the roadways in this situation, it’s called black ice because you can’t see it on the dark pavement. This is very dangerous and best to stay off the roads until it melts. I loved taking my photos of the ice, but no driving! Thanks for visiting my ice storm.
that’s a lot of icesicles! don’t “shoot your eye out” ?? love the fountain pic tho! lol
Pop’s favorite movie! The fountain was quite amazing, like time standing still. Thanks for slipping around my blog Alex