Winter Continued...

I have to tell you that we are getting tired of winter!  Last week I showed you pictures of all the snow and told you how cold it had been.  Unfortunately, the bad weather has continued.  This past week we had freezing rain and ice 3 mornings in a row.  Schools were cancelled for at least three day.  The ice meant power lines were down so many people were without power.  My daughter had her in-laws staying with them for 2 days because of no power.
Here's a few pictures to show you how the week went.

 The beginning of the week had us with warm temps and rain.  All the snow we got was melting and we had some very foggy mornings.

 Tuesday night we had freezing rain, and by Wednesday morning, everything was coated with ice!

It was amazing to see everything dripping with ice.  I made it to work ok, but was thankful I didn't have to drive far.  By early afternoon, we were being told the roads were better, so I took my lunch break and went for a little drive to see what it looked like.

 Those are branches in the electrical wires.  They were breaking because of the ice and falling onto the wires.

It was certainly pretty to see!

Wednesday night we were hit with more ice, and Thursday morning was a more difficult drive until I got to a main road.

This photo and some similar were on our news on Thursday.  They called these ghost apples.  An area orchard had apples that were never picked last Fall still hanging on the trees.  They were rotting, and when the freezing rain coated them, the rotting apple fell out of the bottom, leaving this ice apple hanging on the tree.  Isn't that cool?

Friday brought more wind and snow and the roads were again not fun to drive on.

Saturday we had sunshine!  However, it also brought this news.  This is the bridge over the Grand River, about 2 miles from my house.  Ice has begun to dam up here.  They have closed the surrounding area to the ice fishermen who like to fish here and a flood watch has been issued.   I don't remember this happening at this particular area before, so we'll see what happens.
The weather people have also said there are at least 3 big storms, and one smaller one headed this way in the next 16 days.
For a winter that started so calmly, things have certainly changed!