Winter is half over 🙂 This cabin across the lake always captures my attention. Its sits a little ways up from the water with some cedars along the shore between it and the dock.
The south end of the lake is shallow and has been frozen over for awhile now. One of our neighbors went out for a skate but I'm not sure I'm that trusting of the ice yet 😅 I took photos over several days to watch the ice forming.
Sometimes holes form in the ice allowing water to come up through and flood the top of the ice when the ice is thin and the temperatures warm up.
The holes usually freeze over and go away eventually.
Nice color in the sky on this morning. This is actually looking north, the color from sunrise was reflecting on the bottom of the clouds.
A little snow started to cover the ice on this morning.
Finally, the ice is set up and some snow covered the whole lake. The snow cover will come and go. Usually to skate you have to shovel or sweep the snow off. If you are hard core, pouring warm water over the ice will smooth out the surface for skating.
Thanks for your support @melinda010100 and @ecency 🙏 🙏
Guess I wasn't hard core as I never heard of putting warm water on lake or pond ice. We had a pond real close to our house and someone with a jeep would plow it off for us kids. It was behind the library, so there was a street light and we'd skate until suppertime. I had swollen knees from hitting cracks in the ice, all winter. My general helper showed me her knees from skating a lot, looked just like mine 60 years ago...
My kids both played hockey. We actually did a back yeard rink one year when we were living in town. My dad even built a nice net. Well... he overdid it a bit. He used 2 inch steel pipe and the thing weighed a ton. Easy to slide around on the ice but really hard to move otherwise 😅
What critter is leaving those tracks? Deer maybe?
Deer skirt the edge of the lake sometimes when the ice starts forming. Then later people let their dogs go out on the ice. Not sure about those tracks. Didn't get close enough to figure it out
I was going to ask about skating and the thickness of the ice but see you answered that in your post. I would be cautious as well. One can never be too careful of such things.
I actually have a neighbor that is a Coast Guard retired Admiral. He says "no ice is safe". I think that is the voice of experience 😅
Congrats to your friend for climbing the ranks and becoming an Admiral. I'd have to agree with your friend. I don't know any Admirals but I do know plenty of Captains of commercial fishing vessels. Ice is not their friend either as it can destroy gear that is designed to be left in the water. Mother nature is not to be messed with.
Se ve increíble el lago congelado 🥶
Muchas Gracias 👍