Just let us know if you had enough of our dirty ice photos. We can’t stay away from the lake and we can’t stop taking pictures. This landscape is gorgeous and we had to share it with you.
It was foggy today, which added to the beauty of the dying ice. It was shrouded in fog, sand and rocks, and you could hear it sighing as the waves ate more of its flesh away.
Okay, this is pushing it a little…back to the photos.
The ice was different today. It was breaking up in large chunks,
revealing a crosscut of its interior structure. Just look at the group of pictures below. It’s almost like a delectable layered cake with a graham crackers crust and cocoa dusting on top.
Looks good enough to eat!
Some large pieces broke away and bobbed in the water. If you look closely at the texture of the ice and sand you will see the resemblance to morel mushrooms. someone is hungry because everything looks like food…
We explored the decaying formations along the beach as we made our way west
all the way to the tip of the beach and found that the ice pushed slabs of concrete onto the path,
and onto unsuspecting trees up on top of the hill.
The cove to the left of the tip was mostly open water now,
but had some cool caverns in the remaining ice.
Looking towards the bridge there was zero visibility,
so we walked back to our car and drove to the bridge. It’s even prettier in the fog.
We were very hungry now so we drove home and Tony made crepes amongst the rocks we had collected. We had enough leftover crepes for breakfast the next morning.
Spring breakup is fascinating. One year, we walked the Edmonton river valley after breakup and found icebergs on the trail from the push. Great photo ops for sure, even better with the sun’s cooperation.
Thank you! It’s amazing to watch. I think that this was my favourit winter in Canada thanks to the lake.
Thank you for the photos.
You are welcome. Thanks for coming along!
I found your pictures fasinating. I loved your food descriptions of the ice and sand. I have hunted a lot of morel mushrooms and they do have a texture similiar to your picture. It amazes me the objects that ice can move. Those pictures of concrete were mind boggling. Loved this post dirty ice or not.
Thank you so much! I am so fascinated by it all. I wonder if it will get old after a few winters.
Nature never gets old. Even winter is a wonderful season filled with wonder and great photos. I am much older than you and I still get thrilled about things.
I know! As long as you stay curious, right? When you get older, it’s no longer possible for others to be much older than you 😊
Always be curious. I am 79 now and learn something new every day – and it excites me.
That’s the way to go! (no pun intended)
😊
That is amazing! Mother Nature is getting ready to spring clean!
Now I’m hungry 😂
Well, come on over. i’m sure Tony will be happy to make you some crepes!
Great photos of the icy shoreline. It’s never looked like food to me, but I shall look at it with new eyes now. 😆 Love the foggy bridge that’s a gorgeous shot!
Thank you 😊 I’m not sure where that came from, but it did…ice is definitely consumable, but not when it’s mixed with pebbles and sand.
Thanks for sharing your delightful and strangely appetizing dirty ice photos! I’ve never appreciated Winter walks until more recently but the season brings a different and calmed vibe to the waterfront. A different kind of beauty for sure. And glad you got to enjoy some food after all that walking!
Strangely appetizing is a very good way to put it:) Thanks for coming along!
Melting ice is always magical. LOVE the crevices and bridge shot.
Thank you! and yes, it is!
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Do you mean the previous post? It posted as anonymous, but it’s there!
Very beautiful in a desolate kind of way. I loved the formation of nature’s s’mores.
That’s it!
Seeing those crepes reminded me of your syrup making. Are you still doing that?
When we visited Alaska (prior to the pandemic) we took a cruise to get out closer to a glacier. It was something to see pieces break off in real time.
HA! I was thinking the same thing. In fact, the other day we bought maple syrup in the supermarket…*gasp*. The house we moved to has two small ornamental maple trees that are probably too small to tap, but the (ex) hostages have a very big one in their front yard. We will try and tap it this spring and see if it’s any good.
Gorgeous shots!
Thank you!
I will never get tired of the dirty ice photos you take. Despite being colored, it’s important to note that it’s nature coloring them, and that’s the real beauty in it all. Thanks for sharing!
You nailed it! Thanks for visiting with us!
The slabs of broken ice do look a bit like a cake or ice cream sandwiches. I can see why you keep returning to the beach. I bet it’s changing so much every day now that the snow and ice are melting.
It is, and we really can’t stay away 😊
Stunning photos! I’m craving cake now. 😊
Thank you 😊
these photos are a wonderful look at mother nature in action. I guess you have to be careful not to get too close to the edge! and those crepes look like a great way to end the day of exploring, and to start your morning the next day…
The ice formation was mostly over solid ground, so there wasn’t too much danger this time. The crepes were amazing. Tony’s mother was French so he is well versed in crepe-making.
that was quite a useful skill to learn from his mom!
Fascinating photos! Some look like paintings 🙂
I was going to use some of them as inspiration for paintings actually 🙂
The caverns and the ice slabs look like from Ice age🙂 Winter is fascinating, and being close to a water body is a good inspiration.
You are so right; it’s an amazing inspiration!
I am enjoying your pictures of ice! It is amazing to me how thick it is! The force it has to move rocks and large chunks of concrete was not something I expected.
Thank you! We were surprised too at how the beauty and power of nature collide.
As always, gorgeous photos, but this time, enough crepes for me to eat too! Ha, ha. Cheers, Muriel
Come on over!
Love these! #dirtyicegroupie
Haha! Dirty Ice Groupies unite!
You made me hungry 😋
Haha, sorry 🙂