Winter Dogwood

The twigs of the dogwood were encased in ice.  The little knobs are the buds for next spring.  Hopefully they'll recover.

 

Icy

It looks like a wedding cake, but it's just a bird feeder after the snow.

 

icy branch

Icy branch by the side of Falls Lake.

Sand sculptures

The frozen sand by the side of Falls Lake made unusual patterns.  It looks like the ice crystals pushed up through the sand...?

Icy Falls Lake

It finally warmed up enough to take a walk in the park!  It was 40 degrees yesterday!  We went out to Forest Ridge Park and found that Falls Lake has frozen over!  We also found some great icicles on the water's edge.

Upside down icicles?

Cones of ice around the fountain.  An upside down icicle?

Frozen Drop

It does get cold in North Carolina!

Icicles

Ice and snow!  We thought we left that back in Colorado!