I’ve found my normal threshold for productive stone balancing to be roughly 15°F and above. Below that most creeks freeze over, stones are frozen to the ground and any that are selected from open creeks glaze over with ice within a minute of being pulled from the water. Yesterday was very near that threshold.

Beautiful Poplar Run in Western Pennsylvania

Tiny snowflakes started falling, just as I completed this balance

B&W set the tone for this day

Fully glazed in ice after wetting it down