It’s a tropical 43 degrees (F) as we speak this morning. We’ve been in a freeze-thaw-refreeze cycle lately in which the wooded streams continually form ice and then sculpt it away. Compare the first image of our favorite two-foot waterfall, taken yesterday afternoon, with the one below it, taken Monday (March 2):
The streams seem to enjoy the process, but trees and smaller plants can be endangered when their root systems keep getting confused by false signals of spring. (Brooklin, Maine)