Apr 09-14

Past-E-Mail: Cam Notes - 2014: April: Apr 09-14
Under strain    ...scroll down to share comments
Photos by Barb Bouwkamp
Lots of icicles    ...scroll down to share comments
Photos by Barb Bouwkamp
Icicles and snowbank meet    ...scroll down to share comments
Photos by Barb Bouwkamp
Melting    ...scroll down to share comments
Photos by Barb Bouwkamp
After the storm    ...scroll down to share comments
Photos by Barb Bouwkamp


By
Mary Drew at Pasty Central (Mdrew) on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 09:44 am:

This time of year, the snow seems to drag people down, because folks are ready for spring to arrive. It isn't just us humans that get burdened by the snow, though, as Barb Bouwkamp shows us with a little tree she's been watching from her bedroom window in Laurium, for a years now. When she looked out and saw it all bent over, she was feeling badly and decided to write an "ode" to her little tree.

Winter has broken me.
My back is broken.
Winter has taken my life, my heart.
Winter has been too cold, too long, too hard.
I've had it. I can't cope.
The sun has come too late to melt that which has harmed me.
I gave my life for Winter.
I never got to be a Christmas Tree.
Poor little tree…I hope the sun we've had, along with the warmer temperatures will melt that snow and it will once again stretch its branches and reach for the sky. Maybe Barb will give us a report once the snow has melted and the grass has greened.

Barb's icicle photos give some hope for the tree, since icicles form when snow begins to melt. Looks like that's what is happening around the eaves of her home. The bottom photo was the scene looking out Barb's window after the dumping of snow we had last weekend. Let's hope the melting continues now and that the snow storms will subside until the end of 2014.
By
Shirley Waggoner (Shirlohio) on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 10:20 am:

Take heart, Barb, you'd be surprised at what those little trees can withstand, even though now it looks like somebody dropped some marshmallows.;>
Love your 'ode'. A tearjerker.:)


By Alex "UP-Goldwinger" (Alex) on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 10:27 am:

Kind of reminds me of the Thinking Man statue at the Detroit Art Institute.
http://detroit1701.org/The%20Thinker.html


By Bob Williams (Wabbit) on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 11:07 am:

I first thought it was a snowman.


By Mike Schneider (Upmike) on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 05:55 pm:

That first photo does look like a snowman, but made from marshmallows! Nice shots!


By Just me (Jaby) on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 07:51 pm:

Very nice photos and I know a lot of people who can
relate to the little poem.


By Erica - Florida Keys (Erica) on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - 09:39 pm:

All the pictures are lovely. the first one looks to me like two little
snow people hanging on to each other for dear life…..


By Thomas Baird (Thomas) on Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 04:28 am:

Looks like Winter weather has been especially hard on the U.P.


By Deb S. (Usedtobeayooper) on Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 08:11 am:

Love the first and last photos. The first one made
me laugh out loud!!


By Allen W. Philley (Allen) on Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 08:16 am:

I agree with Erica.


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