Kentucky Ice Storm

We have survived our first Kentucky Ice storm. What a trip! Monday we woke up to a dusting of snow, and of course no school for the girls. On the way to Tabatha's house to drop off the girls, the radio was all about the big storm on the way. It was supposed to start Monday afternoon and continue throught the night into Tuesday. By Monday night it had started raining, freezing rain. We went to bed and woke up Tuesday to ice roads and no school. It was back to Tabatha's and off to work. I was the first one in frommy department, and soon saw that almost no one was coming in. I was sent home at noon as the weather continued to deteriorate. By about 5:00 Tuesday school was already cancelled for Wednesday. I took these pictures out of my kitchen window and the patio window Tuesday night:

Out of the patio door; the ice skating rink

We woke up Wednesday morning to a whole lot of ice! I called in to work and left voicemail for my boss saying that I was going to wait until 9:00 and see if anyone was going to be in and if there was going to be any work for me to do. My manager called me a few minutes later to say that he was not going to be in, he was iced in and had had no power since the previous afternoon. I told him I was going to wat until 9 and then call in to see if anyone was going to be there. He agreed. As I started to make breakfast for the girls, I snapped more pitcures out of the kitchen window and the patio door.

My boss called me back a few minues later and told me to stay home. Around that time, Jeff's general manager called to tell him to stay home and keep the store closed. After a nice breakfast the girls headed to their rooms to watch movies and Jeff and I went back to sleep. We woke up around noon, and when we looked out the window, we found a whole new surprise: It snowed out.

We spent most of the afternoon cleaning the house. I then headed out to see what this "Historic Ice Storm" had left. It was beautiful!

I did see a lot of downed branches.

Ice encapsulated seed pods:

Closer up of the seed pods:

I love the starry effect of the ice and snow on the pine trees!

A whole tree encapsulated in ice! This tree has the coolest camoflaged looking bark. I hope it can survive the ice!




The poor berries, they came out too soon!

We received the text message around 4 that they girls have no school again tomorrow. Talk about a winter vacation! It is back to Tabatha's house. Poor thing, I hope she can take handle them for another whole day!