The Winter Oddity That Turned Out NOT To Be Stella

"Have you ever seen water run out of a tree?" Stella asked.
"Um. No. What do you mean?"
"You know, like when water flows out of a rock."
"Um. Noooooo." (What on earth is she talking about?!?)
"Well, there is water running out of one of my trees."
"I'll be right up with my camera!"
And she wasn't kidding. Nor was her furnace spewing hallucinatory fumes.