After a fantastic and relaxing Thanksgiving weekend, I expected to be one miserable SOB on Monday morning. Like a kid who doesn’t want to go back to school, I contemplated pretending to be ill. Maybe food poisoning? My work would never question that, right?
Before I could plan out my work abandonment, Casey, our labrador retriever of 11 years, was up and barking at exactly 6:42 AM. I kid you not, it has been exactly that time each morning for maybe the past 8 years. Girl has a routine and she sticks to it.
I opened the front door to let her out to do her “thang” and was immediately drawn to the frost filled yard. It was stunning. I completely lost track of feeding the dog, waking up the kids and getting ready for work. I ran in to get the camera and headed outside without any shoes. Even Casey was way confused:
I just starting snapping off photos and couldn’t have been happier. For one day at least, I forgot how much I hated the cold. The photos:
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| Eupatorium ‘Gateway’ and Miscanthus ‘Morning Light’ |
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| Ilex ‘Blue Princess’ |
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| Barberry ‘Crimson Pygmy’ |
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| Carex Buchananii ‘Cappuccino’ |
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| Hydrangea ‘Endless Summer’ |
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| Ajuga ‘Chocolate Chip’ |
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| Euonymus ‘Silver King’ |
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| Miscanthus ‘Gracillimus’ |
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| Chasmanthium Latifolium’ |
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| Boxwood ‘cultivar unknown’ |
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| Hypericum ‘Albury Purple’ |
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| Yucca ‘Golden Sword’ |
How lovely! I love the cold weather!
nice shots, i particularly like the texture of the Ajuga shot. This time of year sure makes for pretty photos. Unfortunately thats about all that can be dome out there at the moment.
Speaking as a person who has been known to prance around the garden in pyjamas to capture the light on the frosted grasses – so fleeting at this time of year – that sounds like a perfect morning! And love the results…
I’m drawn out of a warm house by frost too. It’s too beautiful to miss.
How lucky you are to venture outdoors barefooted in the cold. I can’t do that anymore. By the front door, I keep an unlaced pair of old waterproof all-terrain sneakers with the insoles removed. That allows me to easily slip into a form of bare feet protection when I need to run outdoors instantaneously.
By the way, the frosted plants in the garden look great.
Beautiful shots…gotta say, frost is a gift to garden photographers!
Cold is a bitch, but like most bitches, it can be beautiful too!
Shit, I should have saved that for my death bed!