Friday, February 16, 2007
... have to mention the ice effects on the trees around here since tuesday. never seen quite anything like this. so cold, that the ice coating has lasted for days. but there has been intense sun almost every day since the storm, so the sparkliness is constant. and looking closely, it's even more than the average ice-storm coating - the sun is just enough to slightly melt the ice in the branches, resulting in tiny icicles draping from everything ! tinsel to the nth degree. i so wish i had a good camera. especially for the small trees just planted last season in the park. they are maybe eight to ten feet tall, and they look like intricate gems now. truly amazing sight.
i can tell that sublimation and the slow effects of the cold sun will have this ended in the next couple of days. temps are supposed to approach freezing again, and that will be the end of it. oh well. it is for reasons like this that i like winter so much, and that i just shake my head at those who can do nothing but curse the cold.
oh, hell no. the greatest art is nature. some day, perhaps, nature's expression through man may reach and exceed these scales. but until then ...
yo, god - dude ... whooaa !!