Ice Storm of '09

This post consists of pictures from last year's ice storm, which hit in very late January. It was bad. It's hard to see how bad it was from the pictures, but it was pretty awful. Actually, we were pretty well off. God was good to us and provided for our needs. Dad's truck "just so happened" to be gone when the storm hit, so Dad left it at the bottom of the driveway so we could get out to get groceries etc. We even had a generator to keep things running, so we really didn't have it to badly. There were those who were without power for two weeks or more, while we were out of power for only about a week. But it was an ice storm, which, like any other storm, is challenging.

Even though it was bad, however, it was still beautiful. It seems there is beauty to be found in almost all of creation, even the stuff that seems bad.
This was a sunset on one of the evenings of the ice storm. You can see how the sunlight reflects off the ice on the branches of the trees. Beautiful.

Obviously, trees don't normally bend over like this. Hee hee.

Our House.

This is one of my favorite pictures from the ice storm because you can see the destruction it caused by all the branches on the ground, and yet the beauty of the ice on the branches and the evening colors.

This was a sunrise on one of the ice storm mornings. So sparkly and gorgeous. It really was simply beautiful! It's hard to capture on camera, but I remember very clearly how it sparkled and shone.

I suppose there is beauty in all storms, physical or spiritual. The trick is to find it. Needless to say, beauty wasn't too hard to find in this storm!