Hidden Beauty Along the River

A bit of cabin fever….                               a drive along a West Virginia river….

thin ice

After a brief warm period, ice was beginning to re-form along the calmer stretches of the river.

The thin edges of surface ice surprised with their delicate filigree

or crumbled tinfoil reflection

But the biggest surprises we found along the banks of the river, where branches and grasses touched the rushing water

rushing river

There were bell shapes

light catchers

bells and blobs

an ice-flower bouquet

drips and icicles

drips

chess pieces

icicles hanging from branch

“architectural” structures

covered entrance

melting cake frosting

Well worth the frozen fingers!

line of ice candles