January 19 -- frost

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Another cold and frosty night.  More long spikes, and fewer curls than the morning of the 18th.  (wonder why.................)

Feathers.

Christmas tree.

Same "tree," with sunrise behind.

Another closeup of the "tree," with different lighting from the first.

Long viney things.

Later in the day.  These guys came, knocked off the manhole cover at the end of our driveway, put something I think was an enormous socket wrench down into the hole, and then turned the "wrench."

I saw them do this last year, with a pole through the top of the wrench, which they walked round and round and round.  This year they had a machine to turn the wrench, and the guys stood still bracing the machine that spun the wrench.

Round and round and round in one direction, and then round and round and round, back in the other direction.

I assume they are exercising some valve down there, but what do I know.....


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