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The frost fairies were having a laugh this morning as they sprayed Christmas trees onto the car windscreen.
Undeterred, Jackie scraped them off and she and I visited the bottle bank in Milford on Sea and continued on to Keyhaven and back.
Was this a wolf in sheep’s clothing camouflaging itself among these ovine creatures?
After an afternoon of reading we dined on poached eggs, mushrooms of both the breaded and fried varieties, bacon, French fries, tomatoes, and bread and butter. We drank Campanula pinot grigio 2015.
I am quite chuffed because I have converted Becky to The Daily Telegraph crossword which she is successfully completing. Still not my choice of newspaper, but a step up from the Daily Mail.
Those frost fairies were busy! I suspect that poor sheep was complaining about frozen hoofs ……
Yep, thanks Pauline
…..Hooves 🙂
I believe either is acceptable 🙂
The frost on the car windshield is really lovely.
I think the sheep is calling “Baa Ram Ewe!” 🙂
Many thanks, Merril
I never knew that frost can be so beautiful but grateful that we don’t have frost in harbour-side Sydney. Love mushrooms anyway they’re cooked.
Many thanks, Mary. That frost greeted us on the unheated insides of the bedroom windows of my childhood.
I’m with Mary. My first thought was. Wow, so beautiful – but – how do you get that off? Great snap of the sheep, calling out to be stabled perhaps?
Many thanks, Gwen. It scraped off OK. Perhaps you are right about the sheep
Wow! Your frost fairies are quite artist, Derrick. That’s beautiful…almost makes you not want to defrost the windshield.
Certainly, Jill. Thank you
Those are definitely ovine teeth. But I do think a complaint of some sort was being voiced. Perhaps about frost…
You are so right about the teeth, Lisa. I was quite disappointed when I enlarged the crop. 🙂 Thanks very much
That is not a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It’s a puca. 🙂
Wonderful, Oglach. I had to look it up 🙂
How exquisite the frost patterns are and I’m glad you took a pictures of Jack Frost’s temporary artistic creation.
Ginene
Thanks very much, Ginene
Wow – Those frosted Christmas trees are amazing. How many people would leap into such a car and impatiently wait for the defrost without noticing the beauty?
Thanks, Jodie. Actually, I defy anyone to do so
: )
As ever, you have a view of the small good stuff and more fun than many I know!
Many thanks, Cynthia
A wolversheep! It reminds me of the signs for sheep in Cantal which always look as though they might be weresheep which turn to blood seekers under a full moon. Happy New Year to you and your family – I wish you a 2017 filled with joy and laughter, peace and contentment and most of all overflowing with love
Thanks very much Osyth; your good wishes reciprocated
Those first pictures are so amazing!
Many thanks, Lynn
Eek, Derrick! I misread and thought that Jackie had scraped off the frost fairies not their works of art! 🙂 I love that big – er, yawn?
Living where you do, near the forest, do you hear some distorted sounds in the trees from animals that are moving about amongst them? In the evening, after sunset, we hear what sounds like terrible beasts, but it is simply th distorted sounds of sheep bleating loudly.
Thank you, Val. Strangely enough, the forest animals are all very quiet; the exception being the pigs let out for the pannage
The artworks of the frost fairies are beautiful… 🙂
Thanks very much, Maniparna
The frost in the car window does look strangely beautiful, but also inconveniently opaque. Incidentally, there is something suspiciously sinister about that sheep.
Many thanks, Bun. The frost was conveniently backlit
Beautiful capture of the frost upon the windshield, Derrick!
The teeth do seem rather big and wonder whether he was bleating and complaining about the chilly weather? 🙂
Thanks a lot, Robin. Something had got to him I’m sure
In Australia many sheep farmers have these’wolves in sheep’s clothing’sometimes known as llamas. But be ware. If you stray into the paddock you might be attacked.
I’ll keep that in mind, John. Thanks a lot
I’m sure there are places in The Forest where they breed llamas, or keep them as pets.
Alpacas at Minstead
Beautiful frost designs on the car windshield, Derrick, a shame to scrape them away, but it would be impossible to drive were it left on there. 😉
🙂 Thanks, Julie
Frost of the windscreen never looked so good!
Many thanks LL/PS