It's an ice covered kind of day.

After about a half inch of snow

Ice on the birdbath.

 Remember the waning garden?  Now there's ice on the birdbath! 

"If you don't like the weather in New England now, just wait a few minutes."

Mark Twain

View from the Kitchen Window 1/16

The city is caught in the grip of ice-
Trees, walls, snow, are as under glass.
Over crystals, I and the patterned sleighs 
Go our separate, unsteady ways.

Anna Akhmatova        

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