frosted morning, the woods are covered in powdered sugar
all is white, tinged with pink and lavender from the dawns early light
new day, new year,
the world wakes to beauty
Small Stones 1/2015
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Bouquets of Frost
These astonishing whorls of ice are formed as the sap in the grasses and weeds freezes and bursts from the plant membranes to be squeezed into the frigid temperatures.
Due to our warm autumn, the plants had not gone completely dormant, so they were still filled with moisture. A perfect situation for the drop in temperature to cause these beautiful frost flowers to form.
Each is delicate and fragile. A mere touch can cause them to shatter. And a few moments of sun can cause them to just evaporate into the cold air.
Magical!
ephemeral, delicate beauty
swirled from winters touch
to blossom in the cold morning air
Study in White
criss cross patterns/ weave thru blueness/ of morning sky/ crosshatch of contrails
frost on windows/ clouds in the blue autumn sky/ cream in my morning tea
melting / heavy white frost / drips from bleak branches/ despairing of the sun
all that can be seen / fog of her breath /her bright eyes /whitetail in moonlight
face, just turned/ three quarter profile / smiling to the stars/ gibbous moon
Small Stones 15/2013
fields covered in diamond dust
sparkling cystalline stalks
a wealth of beauty
Field of Frost Flowers
As I was driving up the ridge this morning, I noticed these ‘frost flowers’ in bloom along my path. I have heard them called rabbit frost before but most people know them by frost flowers. Our temperatures were cold enough to freeze the moisture left in these road side grasses, causing the membranes to burst and freeze as it squeezed through the plant stems.
I wish I could show you how delicate these are – a thin sheet of frost swirled out around the plant. Shattering on contact and soon evaporated by the morning sun, they are a wonder each time I see them.
blossoming in the crystalline field –
flowers of delicate frost appear –
ephemeral beauty
Another wonder we encounter in the course of our seasons!
Feathers of Frost
We had a good heavy frost this morning. Not a hard freeze yet but I know that it is coming soon.
These pictures are of the frost on the top of my car. Doesn’t it look like feathers or maybe acanthus leaves? Just a beautiful part of the course of our seasons!
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