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Some hardy clover masters the melting snow (Friday morning, Dec. 28).

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Not a trace
in the yellowed grass
of her path
through yesterday's snow

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Another shot from the recent ice storm in Okla. City.

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From the ice storm of Dec., 2007 (taken the morning of Dec. 10).

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Path to the lodge

The path back to the lodge (you can see the roof just right of center). You see a bit of the lake, not yet frozen, in the lower right foreground.

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Turkey tracks?

It would seem we were the first humans to break snow on this part of the path. The path starts about midway between the lake and the lodge, then meanders off into the woods. Some trees have been cleared for modest development; others have been cleared by nature. But it's still fair to call it a wood. It doesn't take long, between snow and shocking blue sky, to forget civilization.

It's between 3 and 4 on a Friday afternoon. Temperature hovers around freezing, with a light wind. We walk about a quarter of the path before we turn back and return to the lodge.

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An ice storm came through Oklahoma this past weekend. For me, the high point was last Friday afternoon, when there was a period of thunder sleet. There was at least one lightening strike during the storm, with thunder.

Like most Oklahomans, I stayed in my house through the weekend. Happily, I had stocked up on food and there was no need to leave the house.

Now, almost a week later, most of the major streets have been cleared. The side streets which have not yet been cleared are rut-marked sheets of ice.

My front and back yards are solid ice. Although it appears white, it is not snow. It is inch and a half thick ice.

Every news program called it “Ice Storm 2007” – as if this would be the only ice storm our state has this year. Current forecasts, however, indicate another system will be coming into the state on Sunday. Two to three inches of snow have been mentioned as a possibility.

Since temperatures have remained in the low 20s until today (it’s currently 37 degrees), little of the ice is likely to have melted by then. So, that snow will build up on top of the remaining ice. The ice will provide insulation, so the snow will take longer to melt.

Ice Storm 2007: The Return.

Should be fun.