There and Back

We started the year with a cold front sweeping across the country and, along with the severe frost, large amounts of snow in the North and Midlands and across Wales as well. We, luckily, only had the frost and ice! A local walk was in order, and here are some of my images taken. Across the footpath in the local fields and all the vegetation had a real layer of ice crystals on it. Closer up you can see how pretty it made everything. Even a dead sunflower! Patterns of ice on a puddle Water gushing from a stream with pretty patterns of ice forming behind it. And then one of our neighbor's fence had this pattern on it. Next are some images taken in Christchurch Park, in Ipswich. Again, a lovely morning but very cold with everywhere covered in frost. The grass in front of the War memorial, and nearby, is white. While this log looked as if it was watching me!  (Perhaps the frost affected my brain!) Mr squirrel didn't seem much bothered as he sat and chewed his food. The pond was froz...