January 21: Frosty windows
Jan. 22nd, 2011 12:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neverspentYesterday's snow did not stick here, resulting in disappointment among those of us who hoped for a day off school, but at the same time a really lovely little discovery in the cold, cold morning today.
The snow had melted a bit where it fell, and on my car that left droplets that froze very hard overnight. (It also went into the door and caused it to be stuck shut, so that I had to get in elsewhere and kick the door open from the inside!) I think there was also still a lot of moisture in the air, and together they formed the most interesting windshield frost: little round bits connected by spiky, feathery bits. I've never seen anything quite like it.
And when I was out trying to open my doors, the sun was just rising and I caught the reflections of the trees and sky, blurred by the frost. In concept, it reminded me a little of a wonderful photo I saw once of a tiger's shape photographed through a frosty window.
The snow had melted a bit where it fell, and on my car that left droplets that froze very hard overnight. (It also went into the door and caused it to be stuck shut, so that I had to get in elsewhere and kick the door open from the inside!) I think there was also still a lot of moisture in the air, and together they formed the most interesting windshield frost: little round bits connected by spiky, feathery bits. I've never seen anything quite like it.
And when I was out trying to open my doors, the sun was just rising and I caught the reflections of the trees and sky, blurred by the frost. In concept, it reminded me a little of a wonderful photo I saw once of a tiger's shape photographed through a frosty window.