As it was getting dark, rain above a layer of cold air turned to ice as it came down through the freezing air temperature and coated the grass outside the Hill Cumorah Visitors Center.
The floodlighting at the Whitmer Farm caught the gloss of the ice on every twig and branch. As soon as we got off the main roads which had been salted, the roads were also a skating rink.
This particular storm coated things heavily enough to break large limbs and bring down wires. This is a close-up of shrubbery in our yard the next morning.
The view looking east into the rising sun made the trees glisten. No Christmas decorations artist can begin to do lighting like nature does if there has been an ice storm. However, you should stand still to see it, as what you are walking on is slick and difficult.
Another view of the trees in their winter coating of ice. Where Aunkst Road joins State Route 96, a car slid through the intersection just about the time I took this photo, jumped a sizeable drainage ditch, and knocked an electrical pole down across the road, blocking traffic into Waterloo for half a day. Many people were without power because of this storm, and there were more accidents than law enforcement could respond to. In the west we seldom get storms like this, but the Great Lakes area is quite prone to them. It was fun to try photographing things from a variety of angles. But next winter will be soon enough to have another one of these.
As it was getting dark, rain above a layer of cold air turned to ice as it came down through the freezing air temperature and coated the grass outside the Hill Cumorah Visitors Center.
The floodlighting at the Whitmer Farm caught the gloss of the ice on every twig and branch. As soon as we got off the main roads which had been salted, the roads were also a skating rink. 
This particular storm coated things heavily enough to break large limbs and bring down wires. This is a close-up of shrubbery in our yard the next morning.
The view looking east into the rising sun made the trees glisten. No Christmas decorations artist can begin to do lighting like nature does if there has been an ice storm. However, you should stand still to see it, as what you are walking on is slick and difficult.
Another view of the trees in their winter coating of ice. Where Aunkst Road joins State Route 96, a car slid through the intersection just about the time I took this photo, jumped a sizeable drainage ditch, and knocked an electrical pole down across the road, blocking traffic into Waterloo for half a day. Many people were without power because of this storm, and there were more accidents than law enforcement could respond to. In the west we seldom get storms like this, but the Great Lakes area is quite prone to them. It was fun to try photographing things from a variety of angles. But next winter will be soon enough to have another one of these.
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