Dam Gina!

Our first winter in the house and the Bay State has been an education about winter for me.  I know that they must have existed in Minnesota, but I had never really been aware of ice dams until recently.  On the inside, our roof has been totally dry and has held up great through the piles of snow on top of it.  However, on the outside, our roof has been dastardly plotting against the landscaping.

The snow has piled up, it has melted some and compacted, it has frozen, it has rained, it has snowed some more - all of which has led up to giant blocks of ice looking over the edge of roof, scoping out targets below.  These beasts can be one to three feet wide on the roof, several inches thick, and let's say six inches deep.  This adds up to one bad mama jama.

Maybe this doesn't qualify for federal disaster relief (I didn't really want a FEMA trailer anyway) but here are a couple of peaks of the carnage.

This had been taller than the window, just about up to the roof.   Adios!

Oh good.  Glad that only the side everyone can see was destroyed!

Maybe this could turn into a topiary to compensate for the bald spot.

I do have to say that all in all I am awfully thankful to our roof for keeping the winter out.  I know many people out there would be thankful to have only lost some shrubs.  Hope spring finds everyone safe and happy and without too much water in their basement.