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he weekend’s winter storm didn’t coat our coast with snow as it did other parts of North Carolina. But the rain that fell, and the frigid temps that followed, left ice and a reminder that not all of our winters are mild.

The concrete surface of the Lou Mac pier, covered in ice, led to appreciating the stretch from a distance.

Sunday morning, with temps around freezing, called for careful walking. While on the watch for icy patches to avoid, it was hard not to find something to appreciate in frozenness of it all.

A Lou Mac Park picnic table, already splotched with lichen, sported a coat of ice. The puddling water beneath it was frozen, too.

Some more photos from Sunday morning:

An ice puddle on the last stretch of Neuse Street, with the Neuse’s larger body of water, beyond.

More dock and pier on ice. Those areas that look merely wet were slick with ice. (And the wind and cold cut right to the fingertips and toes.)

Some ice puddles begged for a closer look, as was the case with a few beneath a tree at Lou-Mac Park.

…and in this puddle on South Water Street.

At the Duck Pond, the chilled air seemed to lend more light and brightness than usual to the Duck Pond Dragon. He was riding right on the line between the open water and the frozen part, which had the consistency of a Slurpee.

Posted Sunday January 31, 2010 by Melinda Penkava

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