Day 92

This morning was 20 degrees and the plants had frost on them. Sorry that some of these photos are blurry, but I was freezing. Thankfully, the temperature got warmer later in the day, which was nice.

Frosted Rhododendron

Frosted Rhododendron bud

Frosted Camellia leaf

When the dirt is frosted, it hardens and looks lacy. This is dirt, leaves, small rocks, and plant bits hardened together.

Though I was freezing the sun was shining brightly on the trees above.

Day 76

As I had hoped, today there is rain. As I was walking Alex to the bus stop, I noticed that there were lots of puddles. Later, I ventured out into the very muddy backyard to take photos of the puddles. To my delight, they were very pretty in unexpected ways.

This one had the clearest reflection of the trees above.

The rain started pouring faster. Droplet patterns appeared on the surface of the puddles.

A runoff stream has formed beside the Holly tree. There are variations of sediment color in the stream. The reflection of the sky is rippled in the flow of the sedimentary stream.