Meconopsis grandi Rudbeckia Green Wizard Artemis-Salvia Argentia Agapanthus-Headborne Hybrids I have black barlow-columbine for trade, stamps, envelopes? Am new to trading or exchanging so let me know what is acceptable and or if your interested. Til I understand completely the concept for trading, exchange-Please bear with me, :) juanita

This morning I sent email to the same address that I've used for you the last few days. Today's message came back as undeliverable. I'll try it again later. Not sure what is going on.

...just noticed that you said it's not a remnant of the icicle when attacked to the gutter. I still think it is the best explanation. Water dripping off of the roof is going to cling to the metal's surface at first, but once some freezes, it will follow the lowest part of the ice, which is the OUTSIDE of the icicle. Meanwhile melting is going to be generated by the radiative warmth of the metal when sun is on it, melting it from the "inside." That will cause the ice formation to gradually migrate outward as more ice freezes from the outside and thaws from the inside. You can see where this process of outward-migrating ice began, at first, while the icicle was still attached to the metal. The lower portion, where the metal was shaded from sunlight because the surface faces downward, was still attached. Then, the whole thing detached and swung back a little. You can also see where the water that was following the contours of the metal hit the crack where two sections of rain gutter were joined together, and started to drip straight down off of the metal, forming a regular icicle at the end. The tip was originally pointing straight down. When the whole thing detached and swung back, the downward-pointing tip started to point outward. The fact that you can tell the tip would be exactly vertical if you pushed the icicle back where it originally was against the gutter, is, I think, pretty solid evidence that it was once attached. Sorry, I just really enjoy natural "mysteries" like this.

"Is this worth pointing it out to my HOA..." Why not? It's hard to judge without seeing more of the gutters but the downspout pipe visible around the corner looks small. Improving the gutter's drainage capacity might help fix what looks like a backup .