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Early this crisp and bright morning I walked around our sub-zero garden.
Except for this sheltered petunia,
all the plants were now frost damaged;
December haze hovered over the paths;
wood and metal harboured the white precipitation;
and the patio table bore memories of patterns found inside the winter morning bedroom windows of my pre-central heating childhood.
Jackie drove us to The Ship in Wiltshire’s Upavon, for a most enjoyable lunch with Frances.
The small grate, originally designed to take coal, now burned logs.
My choice of meal was fish pie, followed by apple and ginger trifle. Frances also opted for fish pie, while Jackie chose burger and chips. I drank Wadsworth’s 6X. That was our main meal of the day
Having passed Salisbury Cathedral on our return home, we turned off the High Road to look back at the splendid building. The frosted grass of the verges of the lane had seen no sun at all.
On home territory we diverted to Ferndene Farm Shop to buy a Christmas tree, then to Barton on Sea to catch the sunset.
The eye of The Needles lighthouse glowed white today.
Stunning photos as always. I hear it got really cold with you, our eldest daughter is at Uni in Dorset and she said it was -7 this morning! We just nudged the zero mark a few kilometres inland from here, I saw a light frost in the fields whilst driving the children to school, we stuck at a firm and quit respectable 2C and managed to climb to 13C today!
Many thanks, Susan
At the moment it’s 31°C where I’m sitting, quite warm in fact. 😀
Your pictures are like beautiful paintings everyone of them 🙂
Very many thanks, Anna
Derrick, The frost on the table looks like a lace tablecloth. The frost on the rose and the penstemon look like a beautiful woman, her head bowed in acceptance of sad news.
Ginene
Very many thanks, Ginene. I should get you to write my script
Oh, my goodness, that’s lovely, Ginene – and so true – That picture of the rose made me sad, but I didn’t know why until you gave it words.
Beautiful! I’ve forgotten how lovely the frost can look. I have been without a frost for over 16 years now. Poor me right?
Yep, Jim. Poor you. And thank you
Back in Buffalo, I used to love the patterns the frost made on the windows. Complex and perfect.
I really, really need to get back to England…
Many thanks, Ray
These photos are works of art, Derrick. Beautiful.
Very many thanks, Merril
Beautiful photos, Derrick!
Many thanks, Robert
The pictures are stunningly beautiful, Derrick…keep sharing. They make me happy… 🙂
I’m pleased, Maniparna. Thank you.
Lovely photos all, my personal favourite being the frost on the patio table. I remember the frost patterns on the windows of my childhood home, too; funnily enough, I do not remember being cold.
Many thanks, Oglach. I do 🙂
Ditto, ditto, and ditto to all the lovely comments.
Many and many and many thanks, Laurie 🙂
The art of the photographer is to make the viewer look at nature with a new eye – you have certainly done that with this post Derrick – again and again! The frosty lace work on the table is stunning, the spire of Salisbury Cathedral and especially the final photograph which looks like a painting. I biggified it to see the needles eye – my goodness yes, it is quite a prominent white circle isn’t it. Just as you settle into the cold days of winter, my neighbours arrived home yesterday from six months in the UK. I’m pleased to say they appear to have brought the summer with them. 🙂
Many thanks for such a full set of comments, Pauline. I’m pleased to get you looking, and biggifying 🙂
Wow! You got me with this one, Derrick. All of these photos are stunning, so please don’t force me to pick just one. Bravo!
I’m with you Jill, I’m left speechless and am afraid to comment I know I shall fail.
Thank you both so much
Many thanks, Jill
Lovely photo gallery, Derrick. Such a gorgeous sunset shot.
Many thanks, Sylvia
I’m at a loss for words Derrick, your work is without equal.
Very many thanks, Brian
Great shots – by the time Ifed the birds and tried to get some photos of my own all the good frost had gone!
Thanks, Quercus. Sod’s law
It is! I’ll have to keep trying. 🙂
If you send Christmas cards, can you send me one with the photo of the rose on the “tripod”? That is a work of art.
Address, please, Susanne. derrickjknight@btinternet.com
I love the fire and the frosted rose best – just compared them to the ones you published in 2014! – Sol
Many thanks, Sol – especially for the comparison
Sub zero south of Watford?? We had our first Polar Bear yesterday. It’s grim oop north.
Nearly as cold as it was in Mapperly the other week 🙂 Thanks, John
Majestic shots! Thank you for bringing light to our dreary days!
It look cold already. Beautiful captures, love the last photo.
Many thanks, Amy
Beauty even in destruction.
Thank you, Luanne. A nice phrase.
Beautiful photos, Derrick. And to think you had such a lovely day while I was still sleeping…
That puts us in perspective, Donna 🙂 Thank you
Winter has been slow to arrive here, but the thermometer is edging closer to 0 every night. 🙂
Many thanks, Widdershins
You outdid yourself, my friend–extra-ordinary views
Very many thanks, Cynthia
Fantastic images.
Many thanks, Inese
“I drank Wadsworth’s 6X. That was our main meal of the day”
There are thse who would consider this a normal day’s consumption…
🙂 Thanks very much, Paul
Nature looks beautiful despite the frost. I think it is due to your particular way of photographing it.
Thank you so much, Geetha
Welcome Derrick 🙂