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Speechless Sundays - Frozen In Motion

By Lora "Leah" Stern 914-772-4528

Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker, 170 N Main Street, New City NY 10956

February 06, 2011 05:03 PM

Speechless Sundays - Frozen In Motion

I know we're all sick of snow and photos of snow, no matter how picturesque, have lost their charm by now but this photo is unique and I wanted to share it with you.

Floating Bricks

The snowblower left a sheet of snow against the brick facing of our house. When the tempertures rose above freezing, the sheet of snow started melting and literally peeling off the bricks. Before it could loosen enough to fall, tempertures dropped below freezing again and the sheet of snow, imprinted with the brick pattern that it was resting against froze and just stayed that way, folded over, midway off the wall for a couple of days.

I wasn't quite sure what to name this photo - "floating bricks", "frozen in motion", "snow impressions"... I'm open to suggestion.

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Joni Bailey

101 Main St. Realty - Huntsville, TX

Your Huntsville / Lake Livingston Area REALTOR®

Wow! I have never heard of this, but it is a fabulous photo!

Feb 07, 2011 03:02 AM

Myrl Jeffcoat

Sacramento, CA

Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

Lora - Susan Emo also posted a bazaar snow drift with the imprint of bricks from a building on her property. This winter has created all sorts of scenes that we don't normally see. Your picture is amazing!

Feb 07, 2011 11:00 AM

Lora "Leah" Stern 914-772-4528

Coldwell Banker, 170 N Main Street, New City NY 10956 - New City, NY

Real Estate Salesperson

Melanie - crazy things in crazy weather!

Chuck - Thanks. It's been so cold that things haven't had a chance to melt much and whatever did iced up pretty quickly thereafter.

Rita - More floating bricks?

Gary - My mailman actually came out of his truck to give it a second look. Seems it was a first to him too.

Tim - a picture is worth a thousand words....

Jeffrey - Not my doing - mother natures!

Feb 07, 2011 01:22 PM

Lora "Leah" Stern 914-772-4528

Coldwell Banker, 170 N Main Street, New City NY 10956 - New City, NY

Real Estate Salesperson

Debbie - Glad you got to hide out someplace warm for awhile.

Valerie - two of us with the same phenomena. I'm off to check hers out.

Dorie - You might be right and that might describe it better than floatging bricks....Ummm....

Christine - This winter has brought us lots of things that are firsts...

Bill - the things we learn i n the rain...

Joni - thanks for stopping by.

Feb 07, 2011 01:27 PM

Lora "Leah" Stern 914-772-4528

Coldwell Banker, 170 N Main Street, New City NY 10956 - New City, NY

Real Estate Salesperson

Myrl, after all the comments I was getting about Susan Emo's post I went to check out her photo. Seems the snow has been doing strange things all over,

Feb 07, 2011 01:45 PM

Susan Emo

Sotheby's International Realty Canada - Brokerage - Kingston, ON

Kingston and the 1000 Islands Area

Hi Leah - isn't this a strange winter. Both you and I finding these same floating bricks!!! Your photo is fantastic. I'm so glad I captured mine when I did because we had another blizzard and it buried my snow bricks! Weird :0)

Feb 07, 2011 01:59 PM

Lora "Leah" Stern 914-772-4528

Coldwell Banker, 170 N Main Street, New City NY 10956 - New City, NY

Real Estate Salesperson

Susan - Fun and strange stuff goin on this winter but, I'm so so ready for spring and the end to all this snow,

Feb 07, 2011 02:45 PM

Ellie Penaranda

239.776.5077 Downing-Frye Realty - Naples, FL

Naples Florida Real Estate - Waterfront & Beach Co

Leah, what a photo! I've never thought that snow would peal off a wall? Amazing.

Feb 07, 2011 03:48 PM

Lora "Leah" Stern 914-772-4528

Coldwell Banker, 170 N Main Street, New City NY 10956 - New City, NY

Real Estate Salesperson

Ellie - just another one of the crazy things we're witnessing this winter.

Feb 08, 2011 12:13 PM

Joni Bailey

101 Main St. Realty - Huntsville, TX

Your Huntsville / Lake Livingston Area REALTOR®

You're welcome! :O)

Feb 08, 2011 02:28 PM

Lora "Leah" Stern 914-772-4528

Coldwell Banker, 170 N Main Street, New City NY 10956 - New City, NY

Real Estate Salesperson

Joni - You're too funny!!

Feb 08, 2011 02:58 PM

John Novak

Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace - Las Vegas, NV

Henderson, Las Vegas and Summerlin Real Estate

I've seen a few creative drifts growing up in Wisconsin, but never anything like this. Very unique pic, Leah!

Feb 08, 2011 03:08 PM

Chris Alston

Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - Campbell, CA

Silicon Valley, California

Kind of fun! but how did the snow get there under the awning?

Feb 08, 2011 03:51 PM

Lora "Leah" Stern 914-772-4528

Coldwell Banker, 170 N Main Street, New City NY 10956 - New City, NY

Real Estate Salesperson

John, I'm sure coming from Wisonsin, there's plenty of other snow creations you could come up with.

Chris - The snow got there via the snowblower. We've had so much snow that we're running out of place to put it.

Feb 08, 2011 05:10 PM

Diane M. Phillips Realtor 443-286-4365

Frankly Real Estate Inc. - Manchester, MD

Specializing in Carroll Co., MD

Leah ~ I’ve never seen snow peeling off a wall, thanks for sharing.

Feb 10, 2011 12:46 PM

Lora "Leah" Stern 914-772-4528

Coldwell Banker, 170 N Main Street, New City NY 10956 - New City, NY

Real Estate Salesperson

Diane, lots of firsts this winter. Until now, I had never seen it either.

Feb 10, 2011 01:51 PM

Patricia Kennedy

RLAH@properties - Washington, DC

Home in the Capital

Lora, I'm with you! I can't wait to start posting photos of cherry blossoms!

Feb 13, 2011 01:54 AM

Lora "Leah" Stern 914-772-4528

Coldwell Banker, 170 N Main Street, New City NY 10956 - New City, NY

Real Estate Salesperson

Pat- love to think that that's just around the corner, but it seems it a very far corner.

Feb 13, 2011 03:17 PM

Gail C. Harris

Resource Network, LLC SFR, AHWD, ACRE, SMAR Board Director - Chesapeake Beach, MD

Reach the BEACH with Gail C. Harris (cell: 703.868

Leah, this is a "cool" picture. Wow. Spring is just around the corner and all this snow will be a distant memory; however, the picture will remind us of how we survived the cold. Neat pic. :)

Feb 14, 2011 11:21 PM

Lora "Leah" Stern 914-772-4528

Coldwell Banker, 170 N Main Street, New City NY 10956 - New City, NY

Real Estate Salesperson

Gail - I'd love to think that spring is just around the corner but if it is, it's a really big corner. Things are warming up but we've still got a lot of snow around. Can't wait for spring and wardmer wether.

Feb 15, 2011 01:47 AM