Here comes the sun

The sunlight made the trees glisten like a roomful of Swarovski crystals.



These pictures give you an idea of how much ice accumulated on the trees and bushes.



So many common bushes were changed into magnificent forms by nature.



Some thawing had begun to occur here as evidenced by the little icicles.



The picture above is an azalea bush in the front of the house. In early April it will be heavy with hot pink flowers instead of cold ice.



Our neighbor's bush.



The ice storm proved to be equally challenging for the neighborhood fauna. Many birds and squirrels lost their habitats. Flocks of robins dined out at our Foster hollies but these two birds decided to escape the crowds and chill out in our dogwood tree.



Little footprints in the snow.



This looks like a squirrel's nest to me. Look how his little home was saved.



As the thaw continued, the little balls of ice morphed into ice daggers. Definitely, a good reason to don my hardhat.



Below is a photo of the ice that fell from our trees onto the deck. In geology we learned that water is really a rock. (Yes, it really goes through all of the phases of the rock cycle but I won't bore you with the details.) I was really glad that Bill gave me a hardhat for graduation.



This is why Northwest Arkansas lost power. Aside from tree limbs that fell on the wires and transformers, there was ice everywhere and it was heavy, too!



As treacherous as the storm was, there is no denying that under its blanket of ice, Fayetteville looked very pretty. The picture below was taken on Dickson Street looking east. To the left is the Greek Theater and to the right is Kimpel Hall.