As I’ve said, I so pity Southerners and those who are struggling through an early spring.
They never get to spend hours of their lives, hours they’ll never have back again, watching icicles melt. And trying to catch the drips . . .
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It won’t play for me 😦
Oh no, it did – I got it 😀
Oh, good! I was happy to catch the drip, drip, drip–even if I had to take something like 200 photos before I got it!
Well – what else are you going to do, living in your endless winter? Oh, I know – maybe you could photograph something green beginning to peek through, that would be great fun 😀
Tee-hee! I have a big one outside my office window, and I spent a fair amount of time watching it drip.
It’s hard to look away! And on a different icicle-related topic, wouldn’t a big icicle be an excellent murder weapon?? It would melt without a trace . . . I wonder if that’s ever been used in a murder mystery!
Here’s your answer: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4727066/How-to-commit-the-perfect-murder.html
Wow–that’s great! Thanks for this, Margaret!
I think it has.
Believe me, I know. Same view from my window…
It’s fun to see them melting, even though it was only in the mid-20s here. That south-facing deck felt pretty toasty in the bright sun.
Yeah…..still not buying it!
You’re tough to convince!
Or hear the crunch of frozen snow under their feet as they walk in from the driveway. Or know they can leave the groceries in the car while they go to knitting group and the cold foods will stay cold. Poor things!
That would be novel — I am in Texas and for a good part of the year, I have to bring coolers in the truck so the groceries don’t completely melt by the time I get home from the grocery store! It’s really kinda pointless to buy a carton of ice cream, unless I just want my truck seat to smell like Rocky Road. 🙂
That is never an issue here!
We all have good and bad, don’t we?
You’re good at this–those are great examples!
Thanks for turning my head around!
Here’s another – we don’t have to mow the lawn!
You’re on a roll!
Did you stick your tongue out to catch it?!😁 my flip flops felt so good today..😜
Go head, rub it in. I am still wearing my serious winter boots and wool coat!
Very clever! This had me mesmerised!
I spent a ridiculous amount of time trying to capture the drips in action!
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Now the weather has turned bitter again and the dripping will stop for a bit! You need a time-lapse camera!
Great post. Look at how intrigued we all are!
I also like watching grass grow and sailing . . .
Isn’t weather great! Here in Edinburgh we are further north than you guys, but the gulf stream means that we don’t get anything like the deep winters you experience. Nevertheless, I agree with you about the benefits of being further north – we regularly remark on how much clearer and crisper the air is here compared with London, about 450 miles south. I pity anyone who lives somewhere with exactly the same weather all year round – such a lack of variation would be so boring! 🙂
I agree–I don’t love every single day of weather we have but I do love the range of weather and the variety!
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think I’ll spend the day watching your icicle drip, more fun than watching each plum blossom drift gently to the ground – of course they have to be swept up – not shoveled.
I could spend some happy hours watching plum blossoms fall!
You crack me up. That drip could be hypnotic. You’re probably working for the Russians and this is some new form of cyber terrorism.
If I had more techy inclinations, I could turn the drip photos into a GIF or a little movie–then I could really brainwash you!
Tee her…
I’m ready for spring!!
Oh, me, too! It’s supposed to be in the 40s here this week and I am thrilled!
You crack me up. Your earlier ode made winter sound quite lovely but I’m guessing there is a bit of tongue in cheek there. I am a Northerner and totally pity myself, ha. Still chilly in Minnesota and I’d love some warmer weather. Hot cooca is grand, but I can think of any number of chilled beverages I’d rather be sipping. Ice cream, sunscreen, short sleeves, etc etc – bring them on! Good to see you’re still here, Kerry 🙂
Beautiful photo.
In Finland, icicles are more and more rare. Reason to the birth of icicles is in general the loss of warm. In Finland, nowadays more people are more and more enlightened by the problem and they have done something about it. We have many articles concerning this. Thank You for this post.
Have a good day!
It’s sad to think of losing icicles! Our changing climate means we may lose many things . . .
I love icicles!
Fabulous!