the ice storm

After a week in New York city, I returned home to an icy wonderland. It was a beautiful site, if not a little alarming. Lots of tree branches were down or split and hanging on for dear life, and when I drove up my own driveway I realized my pink dogwood was having a struggle. This is a tree I've always considered quite delicate. I don't know if that's really the case with dogwoods, but since they're ornamental trees I feel like that somehow implies that they are more fragile than the larger oaks and maples. In any case, to see half the tree hanging down under the weight of the ice caused me some concern, but it appears that as the ice melts the tree is rebounding nicely.

I'm not a big fan of winter, but I must admit that it is nice to see the snow finally. It's really quite pretty.