Ferns, Frost, & Felines: The A to Z Challenge Continues

Our lives are filled with alphabet book kinds of things if one only takes a few moments to notice!

Hoar Frost on Crab Apple Tree. © Carol Labuzzetta, 2021.

The A-Z challenge continues and I’m up to the letter F.

Photo by author. Hoar Frost on weed in Wisconsin. © Carol Labuzzetta, 2021. All Rights Reserved.

Frost

Honestly, I had to think about what I was going to post on. This morning’s drive to town took us through some fog-lined streets that reminded me of different types of frost.

Everyone knows frost on the windowpanes in the winter. But in nature, there are other kinds of frost. One is hoar frost and the other is rime ice. Since rime ice does not have the requisite letter “f”, I’ll stick to hoar frost today.

Crab apples and hoar frost. © Carol Labuzzetta, 2021. All Rights Reserved.

What is Hoar Frost?

“Hoar frost is the deposit of ice crystals formed by direct sublimation on objects that are small in diameter and exposed to the cold air, such as tree branches, plant stems, wires, poles, etc.” —…