Sunday, 11 December 2022

In the Cold, Cold Night

Frosted Geum
Frosted Geum

Coo, that’s chilly! I’ve never seen such spiky frost. Apparently it’s called Rime Ice and the freezing fog will have helped cause it, along with the arctic blast. It’s rather stunning, I hope you agree as here are a few more examples.

Wire coated with frost
Frosted (not barbed) wire
All the wire on site was significantly thicker than usual.
Hairy fence
And netting looked hairy.
Wire netting with frost
The teasels were extra spiny.
Frosted teasels
Especially the stems!
Super spiky teasel stems
The coreopsis flower was still just about recognisable.
Frosted coreopsis
And the chard… well!
Frozen chard
Even the brassicas didn’t seem too happy, it may have been a bit too icy - even though they’re meant to taste even better after a frost (hmm, I wonder if the whitefly survived).
Cavolo Nero & purple sprouting
Cavolo Nero (top) & purple sprouting broccoli 
We enjoyed a few bubbles whilst on site.
Frozen bubbles
You can see the bubble just beginning to freeze in this photo. Looks like craqueleur.
Bubble freezing over
This beautiful one stayed stuck to the pot for ages.
Iridescent bubble
Meanwhile Robbie enjoyed a few mealworms. Aww, poor little chap had to puff up his feathers to keep warm.
Chubby robin
Anyway, that was quite enough playing in the cold - look at the thickness of the ice!
Thick ice
We’ve had a long day. We got up extra early to enjoy the Hungerford Christmas lights in a proper frosty, foggy Winter Wonderland at 4:30 this morning (4:30!). Only to find they switch the lights off at some point in the night - doh! But the super-frosted spiders webs everywhere were amazing, so it wasn’t too disappointing.
Frosted spiders webs
And a few lights were left on for us to enjoy.
Christmassy shop
So that was today, as the temperatures slip down again overnight….bbrrr. No snow so far, but maybe in the coming week. The White Stripes provide this perfect song title.

2 comments:

  1. Fascinating photos - it's been too dry here for any spectacular frosts. When I was working though I had to stop the car to get out and take a photo of a hoar frost. It was along a country road and the scene was magical. I haven't seen anything like it since.

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    1. It really was spectacular and I have seen some amazing woodland scenes from the weekend too. Magical is a good word for it

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