Magical Morning

On this day everything is perfect. The sun seems to rise more slowly. The sky is perfectly blue. The wind is as gentle as a mother with a newborn baby. The fog has done its work under the light of the moon with the stars for inspiration. Large ice crystals hang like Christmas lights on every tree, bush and blade of grass. With each breath of wind they sparkle like fire flies. Everyone is working together in perfect harmony. More wind, the crystals fall like sprinkles of glitter on the snow below. More sun, they melt.

Each time this happens I run for my camera and coat in a futile attempt to capture what I see hoping to share it with the people I love so much. In the summer I attempt the same thing with fireflies and frogs.

Wild beautiful nature. It can never truly be captured.

Hoarfrost, deposit of ice crystals on objects exposed to the free air, such as grass blades, tree branches, or leaves. It is formed by direct condensation of water vapour to ice at temperatures below freezing and occurs when air is brought to its frost point by cooling.