When we woke up on 30th December in the end of the last year and looked out of a window, there was a beautiful blue sky and unusually white trees. My husband got up, came back with his camera and started to take pictures of our garden. First I was laughing but after a while I went for my camera too... After comparing our shots we separated our ways - he made a decision to go to the village and explore its surroundings and I went into the garden to take a closer look. My hands were freezing while playing with the camera and when I finally went home, I found out that there was 15°C bellow zero. My husband came back afterwards, hard frozen but displaying wonderful photos. What else could I do than to follow his example once again and set out! :-) He went with me and we spent a great hour outside taking photos and enjoying the winter scenes. I felt like having jumped into an icy kingdom for a while, it felt wonderful to breathe the crisp air and watch the frosted branches against the blue sky. I can't let you experience the overall atmosphere of that morning but here are at least a few photos:
This picture comes from the same place as the one in my previous post. Only the perspective differs...
This photo may look somewhat chaotic... but have you ever seen something like this?
There was no wind, the trees are bent permanently this way...
And the last photo today... I wish this was my saying goodbye to winter but according to weather forecast we should rather expect frost and cold air in the next days. So be it but with every new day spring is coming nearer bringing fresh green and warmth. Whoopee!
These are beautiful images Petra.
ReplyDeleteI hope it soon gets warmer for you.
Lovely photos, Petra. I love it when the frost does that, especially when it comes with a blue sky.
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful pictures of the branches. I have never seen a fence so intensely covered like that.
ReplyDeleteRoy, thank you. I am used to these long winters but still, in the end of February they simply start to be too long... When we woke up this morning, everything was covered with a thick layer of fresh fallen snow... Spring will bring a pleasant change :-)
ReplyDeleteJoLynne, thanks. You are right, the combination of the colours looks wonderful.
J_on_tour, thank you. It looks great when frost keeps icy flakes stuck to something like a fence and it looks even better when there is wind adding a shape to such a cover.
I see winter is back! We are looking forward to an early spring back here in Oregon!
ReplyDeleteIt was fun to get the story behind these spectacular images. I have seen some beautiful frosts in England but none as thick as this one. The blue sky makes it all the more stunning.
ReplyDeleteHelen, you are lucky people there! :-) Winter has not said its last word here yet.
ReplyDeleteSarah, thank you. You should have seen the scenes in reality, they impressed me enormously!
Has the snow melted yet?
ReplyDeleteHelen, yes, the snow has already melted and the spring has finally come!! I know, I am terribly behind with my blog... but there has been so much to be done lately! Thank you for dropping in and leaving the comment :-)
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