Mind Your Step!
Living in New York state means that one becomes subject to some abusive weather. If we don’t listen to weather reports and pay attention, the weather might even play “dirty tricks” on us, causing us to fall and get hurt!
This morning, I took the Scotties outside and I could see the ground glistening as the lights on the garage reflected on the icy terrain! I heard we were going to get some freezing rain so this wasn’t a surprise! But the Scotties…..oh my goodness!
Murphy and Angus pushed on ahead of me as they are inclined to do. They bounced down the stairs and onto the sidewalk. Suddenly, they both approached the graveled driveway and STOPPED! The icy glaze is so thin that even their slight 20 pound bodies caused the glazing to make a cracking sound as their little Scottie paws broke through! As suddenly as they stopped, they realized they had nothing to fear and the two of them wandered about the yard, sounding like elephants as the turf beneath them buckled and cracked!
If you click on the photos, they wll expand and give you a better idea of the pre-dawn conditions that greeted us! Not to fear….the temperature is to soar well above freezing today, melting all of the offensive slippery surfaces!
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You sure you didn’t make a flying visit to the moon!
Superb photographs.
Hmm….does look rather lunar-like then, eh? I thought the same as I was photographing it…It was still very dark outside and I had to bend down very low to get the shots. What would the neighbors say?
Neat shots! My store manager lives out near Aurora and was late today because she didn’t park her car in her garage… I guess she had quite a bit of ice her way.
It’s so funny….I think you and I are on totally opposite schedules…..I would be the neighbor bending down in the driveway at 4am trying to take JUST the right picture of the black ice!! My dogs really have a time of it too….sometimes they even fall on their little butts….I feel bad for them!