For days now, every morning has been bitter. At -2F/-19C, Tuesday was not the coldest, but any time you see frost formations on the heated water bowls, it certainly feels extra chilly!
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My outdoor ventures are kept short when it’s this cold but on Tuesday Grant had to go off at an obscenely early hour for a distant appointment and I didn’t want the wildlife to be disappointed, so I did his rounds as well as my very short one.
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Which is when I saw frost on the water bowls.
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Seeing frost led me to check out the garage windows.
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If you look online, you will find hundreds of thousands of frost patterns.
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Our garage alone could supply many hundred.
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They fascinate me and I often photograph them, but my inventory was becoming too vast, so I haven’t taken as many lately.
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Also my fingers freeze.
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However, Little Red encouraged me to take pictures of the hoar frost on his perches.
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It was especially thick that morning.
When I am unable to come up with a topic for my post, Nature always provides.
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And you got your post, Carolyn, as nature always provides something fascinating and beautiful to admire. I do hope that spring is just around the corner, and you will have much more to photograph and write about.
Joanna
These are magnificent photos!
I finally got out for a short “walk” on my scooter yesterday. It was exhilarating!
The frost and ice crystal photos are truly lovely, Carolyn. We have temperatures of +7C/45F today, and some rain. But it feels much colder outside because of a cold wind. Nothing as bad as you are experiencing of course.
Best wishes, Pete.
Your frost pictures are astonishing! I am always mesmerized by them!
She provides abundantly and magnificently!
Goodness! It looks so much like a fern leaf, only much more gorgeous. I love the pictures, each one of them.
Ha, when I just hear that it’s cold, I’m already freezing. So, if I have to see frost formations, you’re not getting me out of the house! Yet it’s so beautiful – especially those by the garage – and I’m so happy you show us what it looks like. Isn’t it amazing how no two are the same!!
I love No’s. 5,6 & 7, beautiful and 5! 👌