The weather here has been truly amazing over the last couple of weeks. I can’t remember a winter this cold for years (although I know cold is a relative thing – for many countries our weather would merely be slightly chilly!). The temperature has barely risen above freezing since the end of December and as a result there have been almost permanent patches of frost in the parts of our garden which don’t catch the sun. I decided to make the most of this and take some photos of the frosty bits this afternoon. Sadly there was no sunshine so I created a little of my own with a torch to illuminate the ice crystals a little better. While I was out in the garden I also noticed some rather impressive icicles hanging from the cage that surrounds the outlet from our boiler. It’s a condensing boiler so it’s always puffing clouds of steam across the garden in cold weather. I guess the steamy water droplets have been freezing on the metal frame and gradually building up into icicles when there hasn’t been any sun melt them.

The second photo is simply amazing! :) Wodzimierz · 2009-01-10: 12:42

Love the nr 2! :) ppinho · 2009-01-10: 14:20

Stunning! susjustjake · 2009-01-10: 19:25

The frost on these last few days has made things look truly magical. I haven't seen any icicles though. These are both lovely shots busybee36 · 2009-01-11: 03:08

Lovely shots. That 2nd one is stunning. I've been out snapping in my garden here in Surrey as in 18 months of photoblogging I haven't been able to snap proper snow. Lynda · 2009-01-11: 09:39

Wonderful! Interesting combination of photos. lookagain · 2009-01-11: 10:37

I really like the icicle shot! AnneMarie · 2009-01-11: 20:43

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