Monthly Archives: December 2012

and given the recent find of extruded frost nearby and then those wonderful “flowers” in the arctic, here is a reprise of some photos taken in 2005 one cold winter morning. Just the right combination of cold outside, warmer humid … Continue reading →

To the dull mind all of nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Winter, arriving, ending whirlwind tour of west; acts like it owns us. Wind, snow, rain, wind, rain rinse, repeat winter weather nothing worth plowing. Winter Solstice comes turning the darker lighter cold rain and windy No apocalypse No snow to … Continue reading →

And we have giants and dragons as well. Even down to the last generation, before the First World War, all of these types were still to be found, and I have little doubt that most of them could be found now if the secrecy which the fairies enjoin did not still bind the tongues of the scattered and obscure people who still believe in them. Continue reading →

Several copies of this photo were seen on the web in the past couple days and it was an unbelievable story of these small icy “flowers”: Precipitated: white spiky blooms so arctic meadows of the sea