Hoar Frost

 

On December 26, 2024 I woke up to a changed world.  Every tree branch, leaf, plant stalk, etc. was covered by a beautiful coating of hoar frost.  Here is a series of images of the lovely transformation that was all too fleeting.

Frost

 

Frost upon a window pane

Obscures a view of the mundane

And paints instead a vivid scene

Of forests cool in ice blue sheen.

And though the frost, in melting, will

Erase all trace of forests ... still,

It is for now a lovely view

No matter that it is not true.

2021

(from the book Discoveries In The Dark by Doris Potter)

© Doris Potter

Ice Creations

While waiting for the spring, I decided to go out looking for more ice formations to photograph.  

Here is a collection of what I found (with some whimsical titles added).  

Please click on an image to enlarge it.

Tree Of Squiggles

Shards

Midnight Thicket

Evergreen Stand Under A Van Gogh Sky

Big Bang

Ice Tracks

Moonlit Trees

Oh No!

Enchanted Forest

Indigo Trees Under A Misshapen Moon

Empty Canoe On Turbulent Waters

Frost

Frosted Glass

The two components: ice and glass,

when in combination frozen,

with synergy there comes to pass

a spectacular explosion

of fanciful and lush dreamscapes;

of silver edged fern and feather.

An infinite array of shapes

that ice and glass design together.

 

© Doris Potter

Ice Patterns

I've discovered that the best place to look for interesting ice patterns in the neighbourhood is in parking lots.  I even know which parking lots provide the best patterns along with which particular areas within those lots.  Retirement and the pandemic have given me the time and the motivation to make these discoveries!

Note: A few of the photos have been converted to grayscale to remove the brownish color of tiny patches of mud.

Note 2: You can click on one (to enlarge it) and then scroll through the photos to see them in a larger format.

The following pictures have a blue tint that is naturally produced by the shade.