Yesterday afternoon, when spring unexpectedly splashed into the air for a few short hours, something else fell too. As I was walking near Miner st. trying to contain the spring giddies, there was a sharp report. After inspecting the street for lost hunters and fallen deer, I turned and continued walking, only to hear the sharp cracking sound again. With a quick spin I faced the empty street ready to take on my foe but found nothing. Unwilling to be duped again, I started walking backwards, eyes waiting. Then I saw them. The massive icy decorous columns dangling like dreads from a nearby roof ledge were breaking free of their winter home and plunging onto the asphalt below. Watch out passerby, Look Out for Spring!

ps (photos are from earlier icicle observations!)