Chilly Mornings

The thermometer has been dipping down below zero at night so when the sun makes it's appearance the landscape is covered in a lovely blanket of frost. - Fern

Frosty Monk

This little Buddhist monk fell asleep in our back garden during the long hot drowsy summer. He doesn't look quite so comfortable now with his little moss garden covered with frost. I think I'll just let him sleep until spring.

Frost in the Strawberry Patch

This is not the first frost we've had this year and it's a little unusual for us to have frost this early in the year. It's been quite cold here also for the last week or so. Seems like we may be in for an icy winter.

Jack Frost Nipping At Your Fronds

Here is another example of the interesting things one can find in the backyard with a some poking around and a little help from the weather. - Fern

Winter Light

While we haven't had any more snow, there has been some crisp mornings with the soft light hitting the lacy tendrils of frost just right. - Fern

Favorite Things

Usually Victoria is mild and wet but lately we've had a real cold spell with lots of sunshine. While we complain about
the chill I love what the frost does to the leaves. - Fern

Frost Crystals

I don't know which member of the cole family this is but I'm guessing it's one of those ornamental cabbages one sees these days. In any case its colour combination is a treat, especially with a dusting of frost crystals along the veins.

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This was taken with the same set-up as yesterday except I used a Super Takumar 1:1.8/55mm lens instead of the SMC Takumar 105mm lens.

Frost

While the rest of the country has been suffering from severe snow storms Victoria has had relatively mild weather though it has been windy and colder than usual. After I mentioned a week or so ago that we had not yet had a freeze, the temperature has dropped so it is freezing every night. I've actually been looking forward to snow since it makes the environment more picturesque but we have none yet so I decided to make do with frost. Above is what it looks like in my back yard this morning.

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Lenses: For those interested in technical stuff, I also went out this morning to test some of my old legacy lenses with an extension tube I picked up last week. The above was shot using a Super Multi-coated Takumar 1:2.8/105mm lens and pair of extension tubes totaling about 2 inches (5 cm.) The tubes and the lens are M42 mounts and I use them on my Sony with an adapter.

Frosty Morning

Victoria has mild winters but for several months each year the temperature hovers around freezing. Here's a frosty morning in January of this year with my granddaughter walking the dog along the railway tracks. It's the E and N Railway - stands for Esquimalt and Nanaimo - that runs a dayliner service between Victoria, Courtenay and Port Alberni.