Spring Hoarfrost!

At the end of our winter...and just the hint of Spring coming,

we had a very hard frost.

I woke up to my delightful hoarfrost

and rushed out to get photos of it.

It never fails to amaze me with all the spikey

ice crystals clinging on to grasses and trees.

Even dead weeds become gorgeous with the hoarfrost clinging to it:

At the edge of a road was a frozen mud puddle with grass frozen.

Little blades of grass sticking up from the frozen ground had these spikes of hoarfrost:

You can see the ice of the frozen puddle UNDER the blades of grass sticking up, full of hoarfrost

on this shot. The other grass is frozen UNDER the ones sticking up:

Like snowflakes, no two crystals are supposed to be alike:

Love, love the hoarfrost "caps" on these weeds!"

Who knew that nature would provide an ice show on simple weeds?:

I loved the extended spikes on this blade of grass on the iced pond:

I knew you were getting too spoiled by all the wonderful Spring weather...

so I decided I better remind you of colder days....

Even cold days can bring beauty.

You just have to look.

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