Winter reflections

Here in eastern Tennessee, Bad Winter has retreated and Wet Winter is back. We had 2 weeks of bitter cold (here that means anything below 30 degrees). Truly it was very cold, and I'm a Wisconsin gal, granted my blood has thinned a bit since living in the south. Nevertheless, I am so glad that is past. Now we have rain day after day, although the temps are now milder. The last few days have been lovely with sun and temps in the 40's and low 50's (that's more like it!) Driving on the winding road to town, you can still see where water has dripped and run down the rocky roadsides and frozen like tiny Niagara Falls in January. It is mostly the northfacing sides, not in full sun, where it is still thick and hard, taking longer to melt. Still sparkling and pretty, with melting drizzly rivulets running down into the roadside ditches, it gives you a sort of fairyland view of the Tennessee countryside.