I am sorry for my obsession with ice on the harbor. But I have just realized it is really the only visible sign of the many days of below freezing temperatures. This may look similar to a post two days ago, but although it is subtle, the ice is extended further out into Long Island Sound. Click on these first two photographs to try and see where the water is. It is an extremely thin line of darker blue just before the shoreline where the buildings are.
And once again, Sands Point to the left and Execution Rocks in the distance. If you compare this to the photograph from two days ago, you will see the ice is closer. I think this is the largest ice cover that we will see. It was not that cold last night or today, so I believe from this day on, the ice will be shrinking. But what an amazing thing we have seen. 1977 was the last time we had this much ice on the harbor. I just did the math, and that was 49 years ago! So these are relatively historical photographs, I believe.
And, closer to home, this is a view looking down over the railing along the sidewalk that runs along the edge of the harbor. It is so interesting to me to see details in the ice which has broken apart and then re-frozen as the tide rises and falls. I think this is abstract art. Or not!
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