small beauties: ice

[kellan_the_tabby]

[ Several small plant stems, gathered in a group and all pointing up. Each one is covered in snow and ice. ]

Couple days ago it snowed! Or iced! Or probably graupeled. Anyway everything is covered in white, except for Remy’s run, because he ate all the snow there.

Graupel!

[ A close view of the white stuff covering the ground — instead of separate snowflakes, it’s little snowy ice balls, each maybe a milimeter across. ]

Even the tumbleweeds look nicer with a coat of white.

[ The spiky ends of tumbleweed stalks stick out of a coating of snow and ice. ]

… still no fun to walk on, though.

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Comments

[corvi]

The plant stems look kind of like a hand...

[kellan_the_tabby]

kinda does, doesn't it?

[siliconshaman]

Graupel.. that's a new word for me. (we call that stuff sugar snow) Any idea of the origin for it?

[danabren]

Google came up with this result
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graupel

[siliconshaman]

Hm.. funny how I've never heard that, given the prevalence of old Norse and teutonic loan words in Yorkshire.

[ryl]

Wow, I did not know tumbleweed was that spiky.

[kellan_the_tabby]

ME NEITHER OW

[hangingbyastitch]

The other name is Russian thistle. It also causes a reaction for me, even if I don't get actually stabbed.

[thewayne]

I photographed some melting clear-ice icicles last week, need to load 'em up and process the pix.

[kellan_the_tabby]

ooooooooooo yes