Once pretty white pillows, the ice on the break wall is quickly melting off the rocks in Colchester, Ontario

a month of extreme macro

I am totally in love with this Hybrid Tea Rose at the St.Kilda Botanical Gardens.

Her name is Rosa 'Black Magic' and she is aptly named, as her deep velvety like petals vignette from almost black to a rich deep red.

I thought she resembled some deliciously decadent cupcake frosting here.

"Black are my steps on silver sod;

Thick blows my frosty breath abroad;

And tree and house, and hill and lake,

Are frosted like a wedding cake."

- - "Winter-Time" by Robert Louis Stevenson

Ice Storm, Ellenville.

Sweet, sweet cake.

How long for your delicious taste.

Will I try vanilla? Chocolate? Strawberry?

It doesn't matter.

All that matters is the spoon of cake,

In my mouth.

Sweet, sweet cake.

When will I taste you once again?

Taken By: Me

Back to the archives while we wait for some snow. Happy weekend!

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There was some seriously beautiful frost covering everything this morning.

In the sun but soon to be freezing again

I didn't get to post this one yesterday as I spent the day repair my son's furnace. What a pain but got it running again. All the trees are coated with frost and melted within a few minutes as the sun rose. Cool!

100 shot focus stack at f2.8

I tried this shot a number of times in dry weather and it didn't work. What it needed was a little frosting on the logs. Photographed on Forbidden Drive in Philadelphia.

Murtal, Austria I 2020

Ingalls Creek Trail-Okanogan/Wenatchee National Forest-Washington State

Here's another of my B&W sea-scape experiments... I'd be keen to know what you think about it.

Glad the frosting is over ... we hope for this season.

I really love it here.

I prefer my winter scenes with a good helping of frosting.

When I woke up on February 15, 2007 and looked outside I saw that we were experiencing the effects of frozen fog. Looking in every direction I saw that objects and plants were covered with a delicate coating of white. It truly was a sight to behold!

On the opposite side of the street from our house I saw that a neighbor's hedge looked like it was begging to be photographed. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to catch its beauty.

This photo was taken before the sun broke through the fog.

My theme for February 2014 is: frost

A couple of shots take with my old Nikon P7800. A handy camera to carry around when I remember to.

Hipstamatic, Afterlight and Mextures on iPhone

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Another scene on the river that caught my eye during the cold spell. Hoar frost is just so photogenic, hopefully it won't be years before we see it again!