The water has been running from my faucets for two nights and days, going on a third, to keep them from freezing. We’re having the kind of frigid weather this area doesn’t see very often - eight degrees this morning at my house in Panther Junction, one degree in the Chisos Basin. Heck I was hiking in short sleeves on Monday! There was even a light dusting of powder snow, which mostly sublimated (evaporated) at PJ by 6 p.m. The
Chisos Mountains are still dusted, as you can see by the above photograph, but there was nary a flake at
Rio Grande Village. It was so windy there that facing the wind was extremely painful after only a few seconds. The wind chill must have been minus 30 at least. (Hey I'm from Maine, so I'm not a wimp!) Despite that, here’s how it looked today in
Big Bend.
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| Sierra del Carmens with a stacked layer of clouds mid-afternoon |
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| Looking toward PJ from the east, late afternoon |
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| Ice Patterns on pond at Rio Grande Village |
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| Trees wore ice garters |
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These ice orbs look suspiciously like turtles. I hope not.
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Vermillion Flycatcher looks miserable
Golden-fronted Woodpecker on store roof, RGV
Even the fishes huddled together from the cold
Pyrrhuloxia
Sun peeking through the gray |
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Sierra del Carmens as the clouds cleared toward evening
Last light
Sun Pillar Pulliam Peak near sunset
p.s. I hate blogspot - it handles photos very poorly - any ideas for a new blog host? |
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Beautiful photos. I love the del Carmens!,
ReplyDeleteHi Cindy! We're feeling the cold and have over two feet of snow on the ground, but have had some warmer days that have allowed cross-country skiing and snow shoeing. I've been wearing long underwear top and bottom since November, so I'm usually warm if I keep hands and feet in a relatively warm place. Your pictures are great as usual. Take a look at Steve's Facebook page for photographs around here.
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