Ice, ice, baby

When winter started the water and snow in the livestock's water trough froze into a solid block of ice. Yesterday I noticed how the ice has changed.   See how the ice is gone around the sides?  It appears the temperature has been cold enough that all the ice does not melt back into water.  Instead the sides get just warm enough to evaporate the ice next to the metal.

Neat, huh?

By the way... as you can see in the last photo, it snowed last night.  We unexpectedly got two inches of snow.  Something (clearing the driveway) to keep me busy while Tammy is away.