What's that icky stuff in the bird bath?It's shiny and hard and COLD -- it's ice!! This was the state of the morning last Wednesday, and at that, it was not as cold as it had been the day before, when the birdbath was solidly frozen (and I was too lazy to take a picture on Tuesday). The photo was taken around 10am, too.
After 20 years in California, I've come to be amazed at ice of any amount here in the central valley, besides that which resides in my water glass. I mean, come on, a morning like Wednesday makes you put your socks on before going out to get the newspaper when you don't feel like finding where you left your shoes the night before.
And though there was ice, and all the impatiens that weren't under cover turned to mush, it wasn't cold enough to harm the lovely lemon tree, whose leaves dangle above the birdbath. I remember one winter about 15 years ago when the temps stayed below freezing at night for a week, and the daytime didn't get much above 40 degrees (F). We lost a lot of plants that year, including a mature lemon tree with a six inch trunk.
This time, the ice is just a novelty. Even the outdoor ficus tree sneered at it.
1 comment:
I like the bird bath. I would prefer the shot without the day-glo blue hose?? to the left.
Icy cold here in SoCal Morning news talked about snow in SoCal many decades ago. So interesting.
*puts another comforter on her bed*
Lydia
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