Ice Flowers
Day 2 of the 10 Min/31 Days Series
Hey, friends!
I didn’t get much farther into nature than my front steps. I was mesmerized by the ice that encased my entire car. It was so lacey and delicate. One of the things I love most about ice and snow is that it’s rarely plain or simple. The shadows of a snow drift can range from purples to indigo to a deep blue-grey. The lighter areas of snow pick up the atmospheric color that day.
Ice is its own special piece of nature’s art. It refracts light when it hangs as frozen drops in a tree or as it did on my car today - a mantle of lace.
I’ll never forget my first winter on the East Coast. An ice storm moved in overnight on the Delmarva peninsula, and it was bitter cold. My heat pump couldn’t keep up, and I ended up sleeping in almost everything I owned (something I’ve had to do periodically since moving north), but when I opened the living room blinds the next morning it was worth it.
It looked like fairies had hung every beautiful prism of glass they could find in the world on the tree in my front yard! The branches seemed to vibrate with sparkly rainbows.
Ice in all its forms never ceases to fascinate me.
xoSusannah
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Bind All Your Little Journals Into One
If you are intending to make a little bound book at the end of the 31 days, you’ll want to first make a collection of folded books. Instructions here:
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