well we did have a couple of beautifully sunny, but freezing days here, but now it is back to the drizzly rain. The poor wildlife, the pond and bird bath were frozen over so I have to keep taking out fresh water for them. I do hope my frost-proof terracotta pots will be ok – we have had so much rain that most of my pots are waterlogged despite some of them being on little feet, or under the bench or table. As much as I detest being cold, I love taking frosty photos, so out I go, wearing loads of layers to brave the chilly weather just to take some snaps – so here are just a few. The sun is low at this time of year so a lot of the garden gets no sunshine at all, but when it does hit the frost, it twinkles. The frost crystals on the saxifrage are so long that it makes the normally flat rosettes of leaves look positively fluffy.
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| frosty fern |
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| frosty fern |
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| frosty fern |
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| frosty saxifrage |
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| sunburst on frost |
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| low sun on frosty branches |
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| frost on rose |
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| low sun on hair fern |