Ice-In Week

The air was freezing
The last open water gone
Ice covers the plain.

The white came mid-week.
The pines became seasonal.
Seven inch blanket.

Shoveling ain't fun.
The lightness of the snow helped.
The deck snow remains.

White smothered cooker.
The tapping season is far.
Wood is cut and cold.

White covers the red.
Looks so much like mistletoe.
They are poisonous.

Hoarfrost at week's end.
Cold fog freezes everything.
Crystals envelop.

Crystals on the pines.
Symmetric as a fractal.
The shape of the cold.

The weeds have their share.
Diamond-like in the sun light.
Pointy and fragile.

Deer tracks in the snow.
White tails wandering around.
Seems one is missing?

New suet feeder.
The small birds seem to love it.
The deer, not so much.

A hole in Lucerne.
The first lake ice thickness check.
Over five inches.

Ice-in contest ends.
Congratulations winners!
Final frosted words.

-Nemo, haikuyest update ever.

December 11th through 17th, 2017