"A blog is to a writer what a canvas is to an artist." ~ Colleen Redman

Narnia

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This winter I tried to take pictures of snowflakes, but it didn’t work out.

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So I was happy to wake up Tuesday morning to an ice crystal wonderland in my yard. 

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Everything was all fuzzy with star frost and snow feathers.

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Like sparklers on the 4th of July.

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Fairy flowers for a snow queen.

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The last time I saw something like this my 32 year old son Dylan was around 9. I remember him posing for on the Parkway next to some trees iced with this kind frost.  

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 I had fun roaming around with my camera and feeling a Narnia-like enchantment.

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Hoar frost or rime ice?  Some just call it fog frost.  All I know is that it’s rare, and it’s beautiful.

5 Responses | Add your Own

  • 1 Tabor:

    Golly that was beautiful. Fragile and short-lived, but truly beautiful.

  • 2 Poet Laundry:

    These are some really great shots Colleen. Very much a crystal wonderland. Thanks for sharing them.

  • 3 Heather L:

    Beautiful photos, Colleen. We had some rime frost earlier this year. It’s breathtaking the way it flocks the trees.

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  • 5 la peregrina:

    It is Narnia! You even found the lamp post. 🙂

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