Hard to read the sign in my photo. .
Caution Icicle with an arrow pointing up.
I was a passenger in my friend Bev’s car and she noticed the sign.
And other icicles around town
Below 2010 blog post Icicle on Josephine Street
Sixteen years ago I wrote When I left Tess’s house after Book Club, the snow and streetlights created a dramatic winter scene. She pointed out the giant icicles on the neighboring house. Walked to the corner and took a shot but just not enough light to make them interesting. A car came down the hill. I was able to catch some of the light from their low beams as they backlit the giant icicles that almost touched the ground.( Well, the deep snow covering the ground). The term chiaroscuro surfaces as I look at the shading now, the darkness, the light. An article about the use of it in photography Lighting is All About Chiaroscuro explains what I was trying to achieve with the use of available light. The car’s lights timing saved the shot.
The wrought iron railing on my steps going into my house, captured snowflakes when it was snowing lightly this morning. It was so cold they froze right on the metal. No two snowflakes are alike.
A famous snowflake photographer from Jericho, Vermont was Wilson A. Bentley. (link to a book of Wilson A. Bentley’s amazing snowflake photographs)
Snowflakes on wrought iron railing
10 second video
https://youtube.com/shorts/1aTcZEnxVAg?si=uiVFl3LKOpXfulzI
Here is a terrific book for children, a 1999 Caldecott winner.
7:55 am edit Six more weeks of winter. This just in!
Phil saw his shadow in Punxsutawney at sunrise this morning.
My sister sent this photo of her groundhog in NYC.
She and I have gone to Punxsutawney twice.
So six more weeks of winter or early Spring? stay tuned.
Here are past Groundhog Day Posts if you have an interest or inclination to review 😂
See where the movie was filmed
See us in Punxsutawney
Steve and I met Punxsutawney Phil in the Strip District at Wigle Whiskey Philapalooza
February 2020
And I just received these three photos from Joanne She painted a groundhog. Baked a cake and how about those groundhog cookies?
The first photo is from 2010. What they called Snowmageddon.
Street Parking Space Savers- revisiting Snowmageddon 2010. Many people are experiencing more snow right now. So is it a Pittsburgh thing? You see all kinds of chairs reserving parking spaces all around the city after someone has shoveled out their space, planning to return to it, later.
I’ve seen a port-a-crib to reserve a parking space!
And here’s the update on our 2026 snow. Thursday the fourth day that school is cancelled.
My unplowed street pictured below
We got the 14” of snow predicted and it’s severe cold!
Schools closed again tomorrow. The mayor has declared a State of Emergency for Pittsburgh. Many plows are broken and streets aren’t able to be cleared.
https://www.wtae.com/article/pittsburgh-state-of-emergency-snowstorm/70140587
Our neighborhood has not lost power.
Debbie sent a follow up photo to yesterday’s Tug boat photo she sent and I posted (one view below)
Up to 14” of snow predicted. Hasn’t started yet. I went down to our neighborhood market and bought a few items.
Update Sunday 4:57 am the snow started in the night and I just heard from my friend Joanne who told me about Storm Chips
How storm chips became a bad-weather staple in Atlantic Canada
Here’s a photo of a bag of Storm Chips her friend Colleen just purchased in Nova Scotia as prep for this week’s weather.
