Monday, June 13, 2011

Frosty Mornings



Winter has greeted us with frosty mornings lately, which is very exciting for Lou, who thinks it's snow - and that must mean it's Christmas time! He doesn't understand that we live in the Southern Hemisphere and that it is usually hot at Christmas time for us, but he took great delight in telling any passer by on the bush track that it was Christmas time.





We found this cocoon. I'm not sure what it is but it has put itself in a precarious position on the bridge - straight underneath us was a steam of icy cold water. Lou found this little sticky insect sleeping bag quite interesting. We were wondering if its inhabitant has survived the cold or if it has perished in the cold overnight temperature.







Today I brought my camera on our morning walk, set it to macro and snapped away. I love the way the ice crystals have formed around this bridge nail. The bridge was covered in ice - little feet had to tread very carefully because it was very slippery.







These ice crystals look like hundreds of little stalagmites frozen onto the leaves and stems of the plants in the valley.






We do get snow occasionally here but it not enough to cover the ground. It tends to melt on impact. But my kids live in hope that one day this winter we will get an overnight fall of snow to cover the ground................:)



6 comments:

Lynne said...

Wow! They are amazing photos, Anne.

It certainly feels cold enough for snow!

There's always the concept of "Christmas in July" ...

willow and moo said...

It looks chilly cold. Great photos. :)

karisma said...

Great pictures! How cute your young man is, I was having a giggle over xmas time. Who needs that again in the middle of the year? Love his rainbow jumper! And good luck with the snow! If it snows I am heading further north! Arghhh! Its cold enough already! We don't get snow but whenever its that cold up your way, we tend to get icy winds!

Sea Star said...

Bbbrrrr! Looks cold, we complained over our 6 degree morning last week, amazing how quickly we forget. We are having ALOT of rain atm and may need a boat! Good crafting weather though.
Mel
xx

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Appleshoe said...

I've never seen anything like that stick insect "sleeping bag" before. If your children want snow they are welcome to come visit Minnesota but they have to take the snow with them when they leave (wink). We had a snow drift of well over 9 feet infront of our shed this year. Lovely photos. Take care.