I was supposed to get together with friends for a Christmas lunch today, but the weather has make that unlikely.  We had ice last night - lots and lots of ice…

These pictures were taken through my kitchen window, so please forgive their lack of clarity - I just didn’t want to go ouside.

This is the neighbor’s tree, half of which now lies in our back yard.  Providentially, despite all the things that could have been damaged (cars, garage roof, etc…) nothing but a few plants by the fence there were in the way.

I haven’t seen anything like this since I was a kid - there’s ice all over everything.  It was a combination of the temperature hovering around freezing and a storm coming through that dumped as much as four inches of rain on the area.  So there’s also flooding.

I do have to get to the pharmacy sometime soon, but I’m going to wait until this afternoon when driving conditions should be better.

Chatters is on for tomorrow evening, should you have the time and the inclination :)  Hope to see you there!