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  • Snow Mounds Redux

    A few more weekly snowstorms refreshed the patio tables mounds:

    Snow mound - round table - 2015-02-22
    Snow mound – round table – 2015-02-22

    The spire under the square table nearly reached the cross brace:

    Snow mound - square table - 2015-02-22
    Snow mound – square table – 2015-02-22

    That spire comes from snow falling straight down through the table, with a bit collecting on the struts:

    Snow pillar - square table - 2015-02-22
    Snow pillar – square table – 2015-02-22

    Holding the camera over the table shows a thin glass rim around the edge of the hole:

    Snow cauldron - square table - 2015-02-22
    Snow cauldron – square table – 2015-02-22

    I wouldn’t believe it, either, if I hadn’t seen it!