Ice-In Week

December 11th through 17th
The air was freezing<br>The last open water gone<br>Ice covers the plain. The white came mid-week.<br>The pines became seasonal.<br>Seven inch blanket. Shoveling ain't fun.<br>The lightness of the snow helped.<br>The deck snow remains. White smothered cooker.<br>The tapping season is far.<br>Wood is cut and cold. White covers the red.<br>Looks so much like mistletoe.<br>They are poisonous. Hoarfrost at week's end.<br>Cold fog freezes everything.<br>Crystals envelop. Crystals on the pines.<br>Symmetric as a fractal.<br>The shape of the cold. The weeds have their share.<br>Diamond-like in the sun light.<br>Pointy and fragile. Deer tracks in the snow.<br>White tails wandering around.<br>Seems one is missing? New suet feeder.<br>The small birds seem to love it.<br>The deer, not so much. A hole in Lucerne.<br>The first lake ice thickness check.<br>Over five inches. Ice-in contest ends.<br>Congratulations winners!<br>Final frosted words.<br><br>-Nemo, haikuyest update ever.