Yes, Annabelle's annual checkup. It was following 15 mm rainfall overnight. I was prepared to come back if the roads were horrid. They were only awful.
I brought her home and told JB that she'd gained less weight than I'd thought, only about a half pound over the past year, despite stealing the rich kitten food. She's 12.6 lbs. She is more playful, and more active. See how the rain clung to the top and sides of the feeders. The pebbly ice pellets were OK to walk on. This morning it is covered in snow, though.
As I watched the HydroOne website, the power outages increased over the day as people woke up and reported them. They peaked at 30,663, then they slowly got people back up onto the grid. Today, they were down to 5270.
I took a walk on Monday afternoon. The poor white pines are touching the ground with the ice accretion.
Overnight, it was colder and snowed all over the ice. It's melting off some of the warmer trees, as if it was still raining. I'm afraid to look, almost. We've lost so many great branches from these trees with years of ice storms.
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Hari OM
bbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Stay warm and inside this Hogmanay! YAM xx
Hello there from Kingston ;-)
I just posted some ice pictures from yesterday as well .. kind of scary, thinking about the massive one in '98.
Love Annabelle's little Santa hat .. I don't think Sophie would put up with that little accessory? LOL .. but it was so cute !
Take care
Joy
I don't know whether it is simply a case of selective memory but ice storms seem to be a more frequent occurrence than in times past. It is a little messy here right now and I have to drive friends to the airport this afternoon, so I hope the highway is reasonably clear. They are off to Costa Rica for two months.
You folks took a much harder hit than us. Even five km. down the road got it worse. For once that ridge behind us protected us.
Hello,
The ice storms are scary, I do not like loosing power. I am glad your kitty had a good vet visit. I wish you and your family all the best in 2020, a Happy & Healthy New Year!
Annabelle you are precious with your Xmas red ~ sweet photo and awesome nature wintry scenes photos ~ Ice storms are terrible ~ rather have the snow ~
Happy New Year to You,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
From one extreme to the other, Ontario and Australia. Happy New Year, Jenn and JB, all is quiet down here, the sun a fiery red from the smoke, even over here. XXX to you both.
Happy New Year! Stay warm!
It was pretty this morning.
Happy New Year.
Jenn - ice can be so damaging. We were up at 5 am this morning to take our daughter to the airport, and we were worried about overnight freezing rain. Fortunately, the roads were OK and she made it to her connection in Denver despite a lengthy de-icing here. I hope 2020 brings you health, joy and new wonderful adventures.
Winter rain is not nice. It's dangerous in so many ways.
Hopefully the pines bounce back.
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