On Wednesday it rained. It was the cold, freezing kind of rain. Which meant, icicles! Lots and lots of them! We have seen ice storms in DC. We have seen icicles in DC. But, we have not seen these many icicles, and they definitely did not last 5 days!
Every morning, I woke up in utter wonder, that the trees outside our windows still bore these beautiful icicles! I know in Eugene we won't get the blizzards and the snow we did in DC. But, for the prettiness of the ice for these few days will take me through a lot of the winter. Ice storms aren't usual here - it's been decades since Eugene has had one like this. Maybe it was a Welcome to Eugene winter gift to me?
Living in downtown, and living in an apartment, brought with it huge benefits. We didn't lose power. Tree limbs didn't come crashing down on our home. We got the beauty without any of the negative. More and more, as time passes, I become less convinced to want to live in or own a house.
Wednesday - I left work and enjoyed myself on my way home!
Thursday, surprised that the ice was still around, we took our cameras out and went romping.
Friday, we headed up to our terrace, because it seemed like Eugene had been transformed to Narnia.
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| View from our Terrace |
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| On Saturday, the sun came out, and look what it did with the ice |
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| Saturday's sun didn't do much to melt the ice. Sunday, these fences remain frozen. |
