Winter wonderland

[jere7my]

Someone coated upstate New York in a thin sheet of ice while I was gone. The evergreens are bent and defeated, like shaggy gray yaks, but the deciduous trees have become slender crystalline candelabra that twinkle in the sun. Some branches, bowed by their own weight, rattled against the windows of the train as it passed by yesterday. I've seen freezing rain before, but never quite so thick—there's half an inch of ice around some branches.

I am back safe and sound from Arisia, which was, all in all, wonderful. So much happened that I'll probably need to split it into three or four posts, so stay tuned.

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[tirerim.livejournal.com]

Be glad it's a thin sheet of ice instead of a thick sheet. Nothing quite like three inches of rain freezing as it hits every exposed surface, turning birches into arches and turning larger trees into logs.