Capture: Ice Rink Luck
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
Well caught - so that's how the moon gets across the road : )
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Pylon surprise.
I thought I was just catching a pic of a pylon from the car window as I whizzed past (not driving) - was surprised to see there were men dangling from the pylon when I looked at the pic later.
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Neat travelogue, Sof! And a nice anti-crepuscular ray with your moon.
All at 100km/ph :)
Assuming you weren't driving :-)
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
nice anti-crepuscular ray with your moon.
I thought about that being a bit odd at the time but at 100 k , who’s arguing? Anyhow, a few more from the journey.
Up North we have big hills…..and small hills, odd nonetheless.., ooh look ,a pony!
An' we even got snow!
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Hello everyone! There are some wonderful images in this thread! Here in Otago we’ve had heavy frosts lately. In the dunes next to the beach moisture from sea spray combined with freezing conditions have created some amazing hoar frost as can be seen on these dead fern leaves:
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
In the dunes next to the beach moisture from sea spray combined with freezing conditions have created some amazing hoar frost as can be seen on these dead fern leaves:
In the bush next to the shed, the sun shines yet again in the winterless North ;)
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Lilith __, in reply to
amazing hoar frost
Brrrrr! Beautiful, but. :-)
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Hi Sofie and Lilith, yes, very chilly. During that cold snap the ice lasted several days. Here is the local lagoon. That near-perfectly smooth and reflective blue is actually sheet ice! Sofie, those are lovely manuka trees, or are they kanuka?
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I’ve posted this and a selection of companions photos in my blog article:
Wintry walks and icy spectacles
Note the sand underfoot. The ice was from a lagoon which has formed where a creek drains onto the beach. -
Lilith __, in reply to
The ice
It's good you took these photos, it really communicates what your winter's been like. And that sheet of ice is unbelievable!
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JacksonP, in reply to
Great photos Leigh. Thanks for posting them here. That ice sheet really is amazing.
ETA. Full series on your own blog excellent too.
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Lilith __, in reply to
we even got snow!
These are from our snowy days last month. I’m hoping we don’t get too many more!
I remember the sound of the cars on the road in the early morning when the snow was iced over. They made a scraping, ringing sound, like the sound you make dragging a spade over a hard surface. In fact when I first woke up I thought somebody was doing just that....
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JacksonP, in reply to
Wondering if you'd post those. Thanks.
We got there in the end I guess. ;-)
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Lilith __, in reply to
We got there in the end
Oh, I thought everybody might have had enough of snow. :-)
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
from our snowy days last month
Lovely snow trails - you weren't up a pylon were you? : )
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Lilith __, in reply to
you weren’t up a pylon were you?
Lord no! :-) Just a hill.
I like the evidence of push-starting in the bottom left. :-)
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
evidence of push-starting in the bottom left
either that or wurzels?
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Nora Leggs, in reply to
Great ice slabs and hoar frost. I can't help it, it looks like confectionery - crystallised fern and great slabs of clear toffee : )
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Sofie Bribiesca, in reply to
Sofie, those are lovely manuka trees, or are they kanuka?
Hey Manuka, Kanuka, we have so many , Its all over the place for the wee bees to enjoy. (much honey made up here from our friends, yes I have the mask, I know , I know, I look 21 again. ;))
Leigh, I am not sure which is which, just that we have plenty of both, they are in flower at the mo though.
I should add, we are losing a few to old age but that means much firewood for the future cosy lounge. -
Lilith, they are great. The best snow for this Mexican is in the Capture thread so share all you like.
Leigh, That sheet of ice , and the Lagoon, very cool, literally. :)
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Oh one for the road, I must away...
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Leigh Russell, in reply to
Hi Nora, yes, they remind me of crystallized food too! That and jewellery! Amazing that it's all 'just' water!
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Leigh Russell, in reply to
Great photos Leigh. Thanks for posting them here.
Thanks for the welcome, Jackson! :-)
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A shot over the Pacific, where it is the great water to the west. Winter was back in January and this was a stormy evening trying to catch razor clams. They are more elusive than you might think.
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Chris Waugh, in reply to
Wow, Michael, awesome and terrifying photo.
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