Ice Sculptures

We slept late again this morning, and after a hot cereal breakfast, I opted out of a treadmill session in favor of getting out into the yard early to snap the photos above. Predictions were that the temp would rise by noon and melt the ice. But in fact, the day stayed cold enough that the wintry stuff stayed around. I was particularly intrigued by the leaf shapes, with no leaves under them. I guess the leaves froze and dropped off, leaving nothing but their frozen ice shapes behind.