Frost Flower Morning
No snow and thankfully no power outages (crossing fingers) with this Polar Vortex, but we did have some sleet yesterday morning and a smidge of ice. Other than that, it is just very cold (though I think my friend Patrice would say it is downright balmy compared to Healy, AK!). School was cancelled for today so I’m working from home and I ventured outside to check out the frost flowers on the frostweed this morning. I think these are probably the most interesting frost flowers I’ve seen so far in our yard!
I hope everyone is staying warm out there!
4 Comments
shoreacres
Lucky, Lucky You! I love this phenomenon, but the only places I know to find frostweed around here is the Dudney Nature Center (now closed for construction) or Armand Bayou (not open on a Tuesday). Add in the icy roads, and it wasn’t a morning for exploring. How nice to have it near at hand!
Tina
Nice set of photos. I guess gardeners and native plants lovers all over the state are enjoying the ice capades! Ours will probably melt sometime tomorrow afternoon; tonight will be very cold!
Patrice La Vigne
I think you are in another arctic blast this weekend! It is -25 in Healy!!! But as I say to people, cold is cold!!!
Nicole
These are fascinating! I’ve never seen this phenomenon before.