Hello everyone! I hope this post finds you well. Thursday night was very foggy and the temp got down to 28°F. When I went in to make a cup of coffee, I looked out the window and saw the fog had frozen to the trees and other plants.
I looked online and found it could called what is known as rime ice. There is hard rime ice or soft rime ice…
Hard rime ice is formed when wind speeds are high and trees can be covered with it.
It can happen when temps are in the 17-28°F range…
Even the guide wires on the antenna were covered.
Soft rime ice is more likely to happen during a freezing fog when the wind is calm. There was hardly any wind on Thursday night.
I walked out into the pasture to take a few more photos. The temperature was rising and the ice crystals had already started to melt…
Water droplets from the fog form when the surfaces of trees or other objects are at or below freezing.
The super-cooled liquid droplets freeze on contact with trees and the tops of grass and weeds (oops… wildflowers).
It makes for quite a display…
The small pond in the front pasture was covered with a thin sheet of ice…
Vines hanging from a guide wire on a utility pole…
Tufted Titmouse…
I walked back to the house since the ice had started melting more quickly in the sun. I saw a couple of Tufted Titmouse at the bird feeder. There was also a White-Breasted Nuthatch that flew up to the hanging feeder quite close to me. I was stunned it came that close but he flew off just as fast so I couldn’t get a photo. The nuthatch is quite a hoot and, like woodpeckers, I think he hides seed in the bark of the tree. Either that, or he finds the seed the woodpeckers have hidden. I like watching the birds through the bedroom window during the day when I am working on the computer.
I finished making annual updates 20 days earlier than last year. Now I am adding new pages and writing descriptions on published pages without descriptions. Writing descriptions in my own words takes a lot of time…
Did you make any resolutions for 2024? I made one last year and did great with it until right at the end… I have a few I am working on for 2024 but I am keeping them a secret. That way if I fail, no one will know. 🙂 I will tell you at the end of 2024.
Until next time, be safe and stay positive! Have a great 2024!
The Belmont Rooster 
Happy New Year Belmont Rooster. Thanks for your lovely post with all the ice. It is Summer here but quite a wet and coolish one But with a few scattered “scorchers” every so often. We sold our farm eleven years ago and move to where we are frost free. I do miss the “Wedding Cake Icing” on the fence posts and ground in Winter. Thank you for sharing with us and good luck with your NYResolutions. All the best.
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Hello Ray and Elizabeth! I’m glad to hear from you! Winter is upon us, but it has been fairly mild so far. We have had a light snow a couple of times and light flurries today. Living in a frost free location would probably appeal to me if I could have a garden and keep my plants outside 12 months a year. I am sure I might miss some things about the cold winter, but I can’t think of any right now. 🙂 I hope all is well. Take care, thanks for the comment, and have a great 2024.
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What pretty photos! It’s been a long, long time since I’ve seen anything like these!
I read this morning that Fayetteville an NW Arkansas generally were getting snow. Maybe you’ll get some of the nice winter precipitation after all.
I hope your Christmas was great. Happy New Year to you — stay warm!
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Hello Linda! It was pretty neat while it lasted. We have had a couple of light snows, but they didn’t last long. I think it was mostly gone by the afternoon. I don’t need any snow, but winter is far from over. I have memories I don’t care to repeat. 🙂 My Christmas was fine. Happy New year to you, too. Take care and thanks for the comment!
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I stopped doing resolutions and goals and just decided to do one day at a time the best that I could…to enjoy all the outdoors as much as possible. Made me feel free!
Happy New Year
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Hello Linda! How’s everything in Colorado? Well, I guess is if read your posts I would know, huh? One day at a time is a great way to go. I stopped making to-do lists because they got so long I would throw them in the trash. A New Year’s resolution is like a year-long to-do-list that keeps hovering over you. Enjoying the great outdoors is great and it indeed makes one feel free. I hope you and yours have a great 2024! Take care and thanks for the comment!
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Some lovely frost photos, though the older I get, the more I like the idea of living somewhere warm. 🙂 Happy New Year.
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Hello Simon! Thanks! I agree with you about living somewhere warmer. It has been showing here for several hours since this afternoon. GEEZ! Have a great 2024! Take care and thanks for the comment!
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No problem – I like having a look at what other people are doing. 🙂
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