Your soft, flowing, frigid blankets
float softly on the river.
Frightened at how dangerously hypnotic
the spell can be, I step silently
away from the river’s edge.
River Ice
Your soft, flowing, frigid blankets
float softly on the river.
Frightened at how dangerously hypnotic
the spell can be, I step silently
away from the river’s edge.
spanishwoods 
OMG! Is that really ice on the river?! Soooo beautiful! Looks like soft flowing fabric! I’ve got to get a look at this!
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Your words spoke to exactly what the photo said to me also. One of my faves Sylvia! Look forward to your words and photos each morning 🙂
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Thank you so much Jodi! Wolf went out earlier this week to take these photos of the ice. I couldn’t believe it when I saw them. They are so beautiful. I went down to the docks and stood there to see the ice myself and was completely mesmerized by the movement of the sheets of ice. They scrunch upon themselves and well, they’re just amazing.
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Absolutely beautiful photo and poem 🙂
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Thank you!
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wow! it’s like a bride’s veil!
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Yes, it looks a lot like fabric.
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Omg, really? That’s awesome
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Yes, it really is.
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Stunning image…
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I will pass that on to Wolfgang who shot this image…
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This is absolutely amazing!! Couldn’t even imagine that its ice!
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I know, it’s hard to believe. It’s so ethereal looking.
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Yes, very true.
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Lovely, i never knew ice could look like that!
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It’s very unique. I don’t know what the scientific reasons are for ice to look different, but since we live on the river we get to see several distinctive ice patterns each winter. I should look into that….
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A first for me, too. I believe my eyes, but just barely! The photo is amazing–as is the poem. Wonder plus resistance to being drawn in.
Elouise
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Watching it float and fold in different patterns was lulling me into a strange mindset. My emotions were telling me that it was a warm, fuzzy blanket and the water was so quiet and soft. In reality of course, the water was freezing (and also dark and intimidating) under that layer of ice.
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Yes. It makes me think about how vulnerable we are to being lulled….
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Exactly.
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Extremely nice!
We live on a winding river that is currently covered with folded and contorted ice! 🙂
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So cool, right?
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Very strong foreboding here, hidden just underneath the beauty. Nicely done!
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As soft and lovely as the sheets of ice look, there is a deep foreboding. I don’t know why exactly. But it was there.
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Great photo. Congrats Wolf. And backed up by a poem that captures both the beauty and the danger. –Curt
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Thank you.
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At first I thought it was fabric. Where is this river? It is the most unusual ice – it defies physics!
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This shot was taken along the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, PA. (The city of Pittsburgh is surrounded by two rivers, the Allegheny and the Monongahela. Those two rivers come to a point at the tip of the city and form the mighty Ohio River.)
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Okay, that explains it! It was my first thought, but I didn’t express it – pollution is affecting the freezing of water, or more likely what we’re seeing is the freezing of pollutants, not water per se. Here is an article about the state of those rivers – not a swimmable place! Thanks for the amazing photos, Wolf. 🙂
http://wesa.fm/post/pollutants-continue-hamper-wildlife-fishing-recreation-pittsburghs-three-rivers
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Unfortunate.
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Yes, it is. I apologize for the comment if it upset you. My spouse says I have a way that can “yuck your yum” when I am being left-brained. 😦
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No, it’s unfortunate that the rivers are polluted. I grew up an hour from Lake Erie and the pollution there is legend. There’s still beauty to be found even amidst the tragedy of what humans do to our resources.
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Amazing ice! It seems like it has something to do with the currents, perhaps? And if there are two systems coming together, that makes sense. The tugging this way and that. Just lovely! 🙂
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I’ll pass it on to Wolf who took this shot… 🙂
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Oh I just love your view on the world! 🙂
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Thank you so much.
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