We have had the freeze, thaw, freeze, thaw, freeze, thaw, freeze thing going on here for several weeks. We have a cover over the deck that collects these ice cycles because it is an unheated fiberglass cover. I think they are beautiful and I keep plucking them down. Every time I do though, I want to poke someone with it. Maybe I did that as a child, I don't remember, but maybe it is some latent urge I have never gotten to satisfy. When I pick them up I feel like a Star Wars character with a light sabre or one of the three musketeers. The problem... there is never anyone around here to poke. My dog just won't cooperate. SO...if you ever come over and I say to you ""En Gard and run to my freezer, watch out!