Sometimes we have all the weather at the same time and this is what you end up with when the sun comes out the next day. 
Spot the rabbit?
Best wishes for 2019! ❄️
© Karen McRae, 2019
freezing rain
After the (Freezing) Rain
An ice crowned seed head from my garden.
Tiny icicles on the brink of melting away.
Mosaic patterns forming on the flora as the ice crowns begin to surrender to the warmth of the sun.
How quickly we can shift here from powdered snow, to rain, to freezing rain and back again.
© Karen McRae, 2017
Iced Landscape
The river’s edge, late afternoon
A starling in winter dress
The woods fully iced
After a quick succession of snow, freezing rain, and plummeting temperatures the sun came out and today everything was sparkling.
Karen McRae, 2015
Mosaic: Iced Seed Heads
This morning we had freezing rain and I headed out to photograph the same seed heads in my garden that I’ve been documenting over the fall. As the day wore on and the temperature crept over the freezing mark the ice started to change, and then things really started to look interesting. The transitions in nature are just so fascinating.
If you are interested in the seed head series you can see it here, and there is more iced flora here.
© Karen McRae, 2012
Glassy-Eyed 2: Iced Flora
A few more natural ice sculptures created by Mother Nature.
All images © Karen McRae
Rain, Snow and Freezing Rain… all in one day…
can look spectacular the day after when everything is iced over and glinting in the sun. And actually that kind of weather isn’t all that uncommon this winter. These images don’t even begin to bring it justice but it gives you a little taste of the fleeting silvery landscape.
All images © Karen McRae
Inside-Out Pyjamas and a Spoon Under Your Pillow
It is a well-known fact(?) that if you put your pyjamas on inside out and place a spoon under your pillow upon going to bed, you will wake up to a “snow day”. School buses won’t be running and you will get to wear your inside-out pyjamas for the entire day should you choose to. Somebody has indulged…
It’s more like a freezing rain day though. I’d prefer the snow.
All images © Karen McRae
