Frosty Sunbeams

We are actually warmer than usual up here in the U.P. of Michigan for November.

Normally, we have at least a few inches of snow on the ground by now. I am not complaining, because I know we will get it (and then some!) very soon...and it won't disappear again until April.

But the delayed snowfall has given me some extra opportunities to get some shots of frosty mornings and scenery.

The ponds are now getting frozen over:

And some mornings offer frosty sunrises, sometimes with foggy mist:

And giving us huge sunbeams through the frosty forest:

Highlighting ice and frost on the now-barren bushes:

Back lighting them in a wonderful glow:

And if you are patient....

really patient....

You may be lucky enough to get sparkling snowrain coming off the trees as the warming sun chases them off the frosty woods:

Even in the freezing barest of times,

nature provides a lightshow:

May the beauty of the season find you this Thanksgiving week....