The overnight forecast one day last week was for a "wintery mix".
The next morning all the trees and shrubs were coated with a thick layer of ice.
Pretty to look at but too heavy for the poor plants.
That's the lilac bush at the bottom left in the photo below...the branch tips are touching the ground.
Our big Oak tree (below) was still hanging on to most of it's leaves...all coated with ice making the branches bow over with the weight.
The same thing with our Japanese Red Maple out front. It was all sprawled out.
Not quite as much of a problem for the trees with bare branches, like this Dogwood.
Fortunately, we didn't have many broken branches. Just a few small ones in the Magnolia tree.
Lonnie had to go out of town early that morning but he said the roads were fine - not slick, but he did see limbs down and branches split in the trees along the road.
The ice caused an electric outage in the area where the Sasquatch lives...for about 36 hours! He said he didn't mind being without the heat so much as he missed having internet.
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