‘Baby, it’s cold outside!’

 

‘On a cold and frosty morning’

The last few mornings have been cold  –  very cold!  Brief appearances by the sun have failed to burn away a  thin curtain of icy fog that has lingered throughout the day.  Thick layers of frost have transformed familiar objects.

Spiders have abandoned their webs in search of more hospitable accommodation.

The iron garden gate has acquired a spiky white coat.

Frost on Clematis

I know this is an odd time to be presenting this picture, but it happens to be a particular  favourite of mine that somehow managed to get overlooked in earlier selections.

Frost on Clematis

More wintry scenes

 

 

 

Whose prints are these? What animal has braved the snow?

 

In the bleak mid-winter

Frost on Bamboo leaves

Frost on Bamboo leaves

See also Cold and frosty morning, Hoar frost on berries, Frosty Morning 3

 

Hoar frost on berries

Hoar frost on berries

 See also Frost on Bamboo leaves, Frosty morning 3, Cold and frosty morning

 

Cold and frosty morning

Here, in the heart of the UK, it has been a mild winter to date with only the odd flurry of snowflakes and very little frost. The frost pictures shown today and in the next few days were taken in 2010/2011.

Cold and frosty morning

 See also Frost on Bamboo leaves, Hoar frost on berries, Frosty morning 3