It's been pretty cold around here for several days, right after we got some snow on the ground.  It was nice to have a White Christmas but sub-zero temperatures make it hard to enjoy getting out to photograph the dynamic scenes snow creates.  In addition, the wind has been blowing fairly well for what seems like a week, giving us wind chills approaching record book levels.  Finally, though, it appears all that is moving out of here to torment someone else.  The sun started coming through the thinning clouds so I decided to get out and see what I could find.  Just north of us is a nice state park lake that is a haven for ice fishing and a wide open area where the wind creates all sorts of interesting artifacts with the snow.  Here are a few of the more exotic looking ones.