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Ice crystals on the siding of our house.

Posted by Troy Parla,
North Country explorer from
December 28, 2025 —

We looked out the window and saw small spider web that had grown ice crystals on it over night.
Many were attached to the siding, looking like small feathers akin to the nasal feathers on a downy woodpecker.