Saturday, January 29, 2011

Blue Sky and branches of Hoarfrost!

Overnight one night, we had a slight hoarfrost.

I love it when that happens.

It covers all the bare vegetation
with frost that looks like it has been sprinkled by powdered sugar.

Here, if it is a sunny morning you have to hurry to get out to capture
it before the sun melts it all off the trees and bushes.

So, one day when I woke up a little later than usual, I saw it...
and rushed to get out there to capture some of it for you...









This particular time, it was like a mix of hoarfrost and ice on the branches, making them shimmer and sparkle:







I was Ooooo-ing and Awwww-ing the whole time out there:








It positively illuminated the day!:








I loved it against the clouds and blue, blue, sky:







Nature shining at its best:



















Closeup and personal:



I have more pictures for you on a future blogpost...
I was out there
enjoying the scenes so much
that my fingers began looking like the branches above!
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9 comments:

  1. MadSnapperJanuary 29, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    God's decorations always always win first place, these are wonderful

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  2. TracyJanuary 29, 2011 at 9:29 AM

    I could not agree with you more...those photos are spendid and the cotrast between the blue and white are remarkable! What a feast for the eyes and I'm wondering; is hoarfrost a real word or did you make that up? I've never heard of such a thing and the word is clever so I wondered...

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  3. Joy TiltonJanuary 29, 2011 at 11:03 AM

    Cold and frosty....and the brilliance of the blue sky made it POP! Great pictures, can't wait for more..

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  4. Lillian January 29, 2011 at 11:12 AM

    Beautiful photos ! Hubby and I went to our fav camera shop and treated our selves with a few new lenses . I bought the Nikon Micro NIKKOR 60 mm 2.8 VR lens Nikon NIKKOR 55-300 and hubby bought Sigma 150-500mm lens thats a heavy lens and also one each of the Element covers for our camera's so now we can have more fun with our photography ! Have a wonderful day !

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  5. UnknownJanuary 29, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    So many gorgeous, gorgeous shots!

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  6. Linda ReederJanuary 29, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    Oh my! That is so beautiful. So often here we have fog with front, not blue sky. The contrast is amazing.

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  7. LoreeJanuary 29, 2011 at 3:58 PM

    Those photos are breath-takingly beautiful. Especially the ones of the branches against the blue sky.

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  8. Pat TillettJanuary 29, 2011 at 4:19 PM

    OH.....A "hoar" frost! I always wondered what that was...Obviously, we don't get them over here. Nice pics Joan!

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  9. GinnymoJanuary 31, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    I seldom see that on the trees here. They are beautiful with that frost on them, especially against a clear blue sky like that!!

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