Bartlesville experienced the joy of another ice storm this winter. Unlike many others in OK and KS, our campus was blessed to not lose power. The lights flickered on and off a few times, but nothing more. While we did not lose power, we were left with a sparkling coat of ice on campus for a couple of days. The blanket of ice that covered the cement, cars, plants, bikes and buildings was a good 1/2 - 1 in. thick. The ice has mostly melted and as I write I hear chunks of it sliding from the tiles on the Colaw Hall. (A problem which left a huge project and required a good amount of money to fix in '06. I'm assuming that's why terracotta tiles were not meant for OK.)
Amazingly, the leaves themselves were almost an inch high with layers of ice, a phenomenon I never thought possible. Here's a little scene to help you envision the trees, Brenton and I recently went to drive through a small Christmas light show in town. There was a multi-colored light scene consisting of a gingerbread house and pine trees on either side, bending inward to frame the cozy little home. We thought it ironic that the trees around town were also bending over, thought not in efforts to frame a cute little gingerbread house.
The pictures below are of a gorgeous development in town. This home, in particular, has been for sale up to a year now. Brenton and I love dreaming of living in the perfect home with a huge wooden door greeting us on our arrival home. We'll just keep dreaming since we don't plan on ever having a million dollars to spend!
Safe travels over the holiday! Merry Christmas and we'll fill you in after the New Year on all of our travels. You'll be lucky if you see a post before then. ;)
2 comments:
Maybe this would be a great time to take up ice skating, eh?
Could be if I wanted to injure myself real bad; I have no coordination when it comes to any form of skating.
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